Bhagavad Gita 5.24 meaningFreedom while fully engaged
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“When your happiness and light are inside, you find God’s peace.”
What it means
“One whose happiness, delight and light are all within becomes one with the divine and reaches its peace.”
The original Sanskrit
योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः । स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति ॥
yo.antaḥsukho.antarārāmastathāntarjyotireva yaḥ sa yogī brahmanirvāṇaṃ brahmabhūto.adhigacchati
Translations
Literal translation
One who is happy within, whose pleasure is within, and who has his light only within, that yogi, having become Brahman, attains absorption in Brahman.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
जो पुरुष अन्तरात्मा में ही सुख वाला, आत्मा में ही आराम वाला तथा आत्मा में ही ज्ञान वाला है, वह योगी ब्रह्मरूप बनकर ब्रह्मनिर्वाण अर्थात् परम मोक्ष को प्राप्त होता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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