Bhagavad Gita 5.24: meaning and translation
Chapter 5: Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Krishna says
Krishna says that the yogi whose happiness is within, whose delight is within, and whose light is within, having become Brahman (brahma-bhūta), reaches the peace of Brahman (brahma-nirvāṇa).
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Bhagavad Gita 5.24
योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः ।स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति ॥
Yontahsukhontararamastathantarjyotireva yahSa yogi brahmanirvanam brahmabhutodhigachchhati
yo’ntaḥsukho’ntarārāmastathāntarjyotireva yaḥ |sa yogī brahmanirvāṇaṃ brahmabhūto’dhigacchati ||
Our explanation Krishna says that the yogi whose happiness is within, whose delight is within, and whose light is within, having become Brahman (brahma-bhūta), reaches the peace of Brahman (brahma-nirvāṇa).
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जिसका सुख भीतर है, जिसका आनंद भीतर है और जिसका प्रकाश भी भीतर ही है, वह योगी ब्रह्मरूप होकर ब्रह्मनिर्वाण (ब्रह्म की शांति) को पाता है।
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- यः yaḥ · who (relative pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
- अन्तःसुखः antaḥsukhaḥ · happy within (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: antaḥ-sukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 43, col. 2 “internally happy”; antar, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 43, col. 2 “within, between, amongst, in the middle or interior”; sukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1221, col. 1 “ease, easiness, comfort, prosperity, pleasure, happiness”
- अन्तरारामः antarārāmaḥ · delighting within (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: antar-ārāma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 43, col. 2 “rejoicing in one's self (not in the exterior world)”; antar, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 43, col. 2 “within, between, amongst, in the middle or interior”; ā-rāma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 150, col. 1 “delight, pleasure”
- तथा tathā · and likewise (indeclinable) Dictionary: tathā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 433, col. 3 “in that manner, so, thus”
- अन्तर्ज्योतिः antarjyotiḥ · with light within (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: antar-jyotis, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 43, col. 2 “having the soul enlightened, illuminated”; antar, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 43, col. 2 “within, between, amongst, in the middle or interior”; jyotis, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 427, col. 3 “light (of the sun, dawn, fire, lightning, &c.; also pl.)”
- एव eva · indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
- यः yaḥ · who (relative pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
- सः saḥ · he (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “that, this”
- योगी yogī · the yogi (nominative singular) Dictionary: yogin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 857, col. 3 “a follower of the Yoga system, a Yogin (usually called Yogī) or contemplative saint”
- ब्रह्मनिर्वाणम् brahmanirvāṇam · the peace of Brahman (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: brahma-nirvāṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 739, col. 1 “extinction in Brahmă, absorption into the one self-existent Spirit”
- ब्रह्मभूतः brahmabhūtaḥ · having become Brahman (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: brahma-bhūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 739, col. 2 “absorbed in”
- अधिगच्छति adhigacchati · reaches (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: adhi-gam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 20, col. 3 “to meet, find, discover, obtain”
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 66.
The devotee whose happiness is within (himself), whose recreation is within (himself), and whose light (of knowledge) also is within (himself), becoming (one with) the Brahman1, obtains the Brahmic bliss2.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 66.
The devotee whose happiness is within (himself), whose recreation is within (himself), and whose light (of knowledge) also is within (himself), becoming (one with) the Brahman1, obtains the Brahmic bliss2.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 63.
He who is happy within, who rejoices within, and who is illuminated within, he, a Yogî, goeth to the Nirvâna of Brahman, is of the nature of Brahman.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 117.
Whose happiness is within, whose relaxation is within, whose light is within, that Yogi alone, becoming Brahman, gains absolute freedom.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 66. Bhagavad Gita 5.24.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 63. Bhagavad Gita 5.24.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 117. Bhagavad Gita 5.24.
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Bhagavad Gita 5.24
योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः ।
स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति ॥
“The devotee whose happiness is within (himself), whose recreation is within (himself), and whose light (of knowledge) also is within (himself), becoming (one with) the Brahman, obtains the Brahmic bliss.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 66, public domain)
“He who is happy within, who rejoices within, and who is illuminated within, he, a Yogî, goeth to the Nirvâna of Brahman, is of the nature of Brahman.”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 63, public domain)
“Whose happiness is within, whose relaxation is within, whose light is within, that Yogi alone, becoming Brahman, gains absolute freedom.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 117, public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 5 (Karma Sannyasa Yoga).
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- Sanskrit text
- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Translation
- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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