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Bhagavad-gītā 5.24
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 24
- योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः ।
- स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति ॥२४॥
- yo 'ntaḥ-sukho 'ntar-ārāmas
- tathāntar-jyotir eva yaḥ
- sa yogī brahma-nirvāṇaṁ
- brahma-bhūto 'dhigacchati
yaḥone who — one who; antaḥhappy from within-sukhaḥhappy from within — happy from within; antaḥactively enjoying within-ārāmaḥactively enjoying within — actively enjoying within; tathāas well as — as well as; antaḥaiming within-jyotiḥaiming within — aiming within; evacertainly — certainly; yaḥanyone — anyone; saḥhe — he; yogīa mystic — a mystic; brahmaliberation in the Supreme-nirvāṇamliberation in the Supreme — liberation in the Supreme; brahmabeing self-realized-bhūtaḥbeing self-realized — being self-realized; adhigacchatiattains — attains.
One whose happiness is within, who is active and rejoices within, and whose aim is inward is actually the perfect mystic. He is liberated in the Supreme, and ultimately he attains the Supreme.
Unless one is able to relish happiness from within, how can one retire from the external engagements meant for deriving superficial happiness? A liberated person enjoys happiness by factual experience. He can, therefore, sit silently at any place and enjoy the activities of life from within. Such a liberated person no longer desires external material happiness. This state is called brahma-bhūta (SB 4.30.20, Not yet available in the library. Try the live source.), attaining which one is assured of going back to Godhead, back to home.