Bhagavatgita a detailed study chapter5-yoga of renunciation

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24. yo anthaH sukho antharaaraamaH thaThaa

antharjyothireva yaH

 

sa yogee brahmanirvaaNam brahmabhootho aDhigacChathi

 

 

A yogi who abides in Brahman experiences the peace of Brahman while living in this world, experiences the infinite joy within himself, revelling in himself illuminated by the inner light.

 

brahmabhoothaH is the one who has realized Brahman while in this embodiment. He is the yogi who has found eternal bliss in himself, anthaH sukhah and revels in it, antharaaraamah, perceiving the supreme light of the divine in himself, antharjyothiH. He attains the peace of Brahman, brahamanirvaNam.

 

When we identify ourselves with body mind and intellect as the result of ego born out of ignorance, the real self is obscured, like the one who is seeing through the telescope cannot see himself. But when the perception is turned inward on acquiring the wisdom, he sees himself as the pure self and of the nature of infinite bliss. This is the state described in the above sloka.

 

The happiness from the worldly experience is infinitesimal as compared to that of Brahmananda, as the latter does not depend on external objects. It is realized within, when the awareness of body , mind and intellect is not there. The joy of Brahman is characterized by eternal peace as opposed to the exhilaration of the worldly joy which like the high tide ebbs away when the sensation is over.

 

In the next two slokas Krishna gives the description of such yogis.

 

25. labhanthe brahmanirvaaNam rshayaH ksheeNakalmashaaH

cChinnadhvaithaaH yathaathmaanah sarvabhoothahithe

rathaaH

Those whose sins have been washed away, ksheeNakalmashaaH, who is free from the opposites, cChinnadhvaithaaH , who are established in the supreme self, yathaathmaanaH and who are interested the welfare of all beings, sarvabhoothahithe rathaaH, those sages attain the brahmanirvaaNa, the joy and peace of experiencing Brahman.

 

The experience of Brahman clears all doubts, and destroys all karma and hence the sins are washed away as declared by the upanishad

bhidhyanthe hrdhayagranthih cchidhyanthe sarvasamsayaah kheeyanthe chaasya karmaani thasmindhrshte paravare. (see sloka42 of chapter 4 )

 

As mentioned is sloka 18 `vidhyaa vinayasamaanne,' the sage who attains the bramajnana has equanimity towards all beings and as he is free from the opposites of love and hate etc., he is concerned only with the welfare of all.

 

26. kaamakroDha viyukthaanaam yatheenaam yatha

chethasaam

 

abhithaH brahma nirvaaNam varthathe vidhithaamanaam

 

Thus all around the sages, who are free from kama and krodha, who have controlled their senses and who have the knowledge of the Self, the peace of Brahman exists.

 

The sages who are free from desire and the resultant anger have perfect self control as the result of the knowledge of Brahman. They see only Brahman everywhere in all beings and hence there is nothing but Brahman all around.

 

Thus one who has realized the self while in this world always reveling in the bliss of Brahman, is free from karma leading to bondage, free from the sins that create karma and attains samathva, equipoise. But till he is liberated form the body he had to live in this world until the prarabdha is exhausted but it does not affect him as there is the peace and joy of Brahma all around him. He acts on in the world as everyone else , motivated not by desire but by concern for the well being of all. The ignorance has gone with the dawn of knowledge and there is no more any effect of maya, the product of ignorance which creates non –apprehension, aavaraNa and misapprehension, vikshepa.