TEXT 24
यो ऽन्तःसुखो ऽन्तरारामस्
तथान्तर्ज्योतिर् एव यः ।
स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं
ब्रह्मभूतो ऽधिगच्छति ॥ २४ ॥
yo 'ntaḥ-sukho 'ntar-ārāmas
tathāntar-jyotir eva yaḥ
sa yogī brahma-nirvāṇaṁ
brahma-bhūto 'dhigacchati
SYNONYMS
yaḥ—one who; antaḥ-sukhaḥ—happy from within; antaḥ-ārāmaḥ—actively enjoying within; tathā—as well as; antaḥ-jyotiḥ—aiming within; eva—certainly; yaḥ—anyone; saḥ—he; yogī—a mystic; brahma—nirvāṇam—liberation in the Supreme; brahma-bhūtaḥ—being self—realized; adhigacchati—attains.
TRANSLATION
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.
PURPORT
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], attaining which one is assured of going back to Godhead, back to home.
