Pathanjali Yoga Sutra - Ch-1 - V-16

Patanjali Yoga Sutra – Chapter-1 – verse-16:-

तत्परं पुरुषख्यातेर्गुणवैतृष्ण्यम् ॥ ।१६।

When, through knowledge of that Supreme, one ceases to desire any manifestation of Nature, then that is the highest kind of non-attachment.

In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna explains the state of that Yogi who has attained this kind of highest non-attachment.

Chapter -2– Saankhya yogam- Verse-70

आपूर्यमणमचलप्रतिष्ठं समुद्रमाप: प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् । तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ॥ ।७०।

Though all kinds of enjoyable sense objects approaches a sage who has achieved peace, remains unaffected. Like the ocean always being filled by approaching rivers and not that person desirous of sense enjoyments.

Following is the explanation of this Bhagavad Gita sloka by Shri.Ramanujacharya in his Shri.Bhaasyam. The ocean is full unto itself and always maintains the same form even though countless rivers enter into it.  Whether the rivers enter or do not enter, the ocean is unaffected and undergoes no difference. Similarly when the senses of one in transcendent meditation come in contact with sense objects such as sound and is apprehended by the ears, such a one still remains peaceful and maintains an equipoise state of consciousness.  In other words the sublime satisfaction derived from direct soul cognition precludes any disturbance from the senses or agitated towards sense delights.  Whether sense objects are experienced by the sense or not experienced by them, one in transcendental meditation will not be affected and will not be subject to any difference. But Lord Krishna is saying that this state can never be attained by one who is full of lascivious desires or is controlled by the same, for such a being can never achieve peace.