5.24 Lit from within Krishna speaks
योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः
स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति
yo 'ntaḥ-sukho 'ntar-ārāmas tathāntar-jyotir eva yaḥ
sa yogī brahma-nirvāṇaṁ brahma-bhūto 'dhigachchhati
Whoever is happy within, at rest within, and lit from within — that one who practises reaches the peace of Brahman.
Explanation
Happy within, at rest within, lit within.
Three phrases, all turned inward, and the last is the striking one: antar-jyotiḥ, having the light inside.
It anticipates 15.6 — the dwelling no sun lights — from the other end. The light that does not come from anywhere is described here as something a person can simply be.
Word by word
- yaḥ
- who
- antaḥ-sukhaḥ
- happy within the self
- antaḥ-ārāmaḥ
- enjoying within the self
- tathā
- likewise; in that same way
- antaḥ-jyotiḥ
- illumined by the inner light
- eva
- certainly
- yaḥ
- who
- saḥ
- he; that one
- yogī
- yogi
- brahma-nirvāṇam
- liberation from material existence
- brahmabhūtaḥ
- united with the Lord
- adhigachchhati
- attains
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