Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 5, Verse 24
योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः । स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति
yo'ntaḥsukho'ntarārāmastathāntarjyotireva yaḥ | sa yogī brahmanirvāṇaṃ brahmabhūto'dhigacchati
Translation
Whoso has his joy within and his pastime within, and whoso has his light within only, that Yogin attains Brahman's bliss, himself becoming Brahman.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- yaḥ
- who
- antaḥsukhaḥ
- inward (in the self), pleasure, whose, he
- antarārāmaḥ
- inward (in the self), enjoyment, whose, he
- tathā
- so (too)
- antarjyotiḥ
- inward, light, whose, he
- eva
- even
- yaḥ
- who
- saḥ
- that
- yogī
- yogi
- brahmanirvāṇam
- of Brahman, to the nirvāṇa
- brahmabhūtam
- Brahman-become
- adhigacchati
- goes over
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
"Within": in the Self. He attains the bliss (nirvāṇa) in Brahman — i.e., he attains mokṣa — while still living here on earth.