Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 5, Verse 24
योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः।
स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति।।
स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति।।
yo 'ntaḥ-sukho 'ntar-ārāmas tathāntar-jyotir eva yaḥ
sa yogī brahma-nirvāṇaṁ brahma-bhūto 'dhigacchati
also searched as "Yo antahsukho antararamas tathantarjyotir eva yah"
Translation
He whose joy is within, whose pleasure is within, and whose light is within—he is a yogin, who, having become Brahman, attains the bliss of Brahman.
Vāṇi's rendering
The one whose joy, whose rest, whose light are all within — becomes the eternal, and enters its freedom.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| यःyaḥ | the one who (appears as 'yo' before the next word) |
| अन्तःसुखःantaḥ-sukhaḥ | whose happiness is inside |
| अन्तरारामःantar-ārāmaḥ | whose rest and delight is inside |
| तथाtathā | and likewise (joined with the next word by sandhi) |
| अन्तर्ज्योतिःantar-jyotiḥ | whose light is inside |
| एवeva | truly, that very one |
| यःyaḥ | who |
| सःsaḥ | he, that one |
| योगीyogī | the yogī, the one joined |
| ब्रह्मनिर्वाणम्brahma-nirvāṇam | the freedom that is Brahman, the going-out of every fire |
| ब्रह्मभूतःbrahma-bhūtaḥ | having become Brahman |
| अधिगच्छतिadhigacchati | reaches, enters into ('dhigacchati' after sandhi) |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 Verse 24 mean?
It describes someone whose happiness, whose rest, and whose light no longer depend on anything arriving from outside. Krishna calls such a one a yogī, and says that one becomes Brahman and enters its freedom. The verse is not praising withdrawal. It is naming a person whose supply of joy has moved inward and cannot be seized.
Yo antahsukho antararamas tathantarjyotir eva yah — what is this verse about?
About the location of your peace. Krishna repeats antaḥ — within — three times, for joy, for rest, for light. Everything Arjuna wanted from the battle's outcome is described here as already available, closer than the outcome. The one settled there becomes brahma-bhūta and reaches brahma-nirvāṇa: freedom that no result can grant or withdraw.
Does this verse mean I should stop enjoying the world?
No. Krishna calls this person a yogī, not one who has fled. Ārāma means delight, not deprivation. The world stays; the dependence goes. You still eat, work, love, fight your rightful battle — but nothing out there is now carrying the weight of your gladness. That is a lighter way to live in the same life.
What is brahma-nirvana in the Gita?
Not extinction, and not a place reached after death. Nirvāṇa is the going-out of a fire — the burning of craving and aversion falling quiet. Krishna says the one already at rest within becomes Brahman and enters that freedom now, in this body. It is a change in what you are made of, not a destination.
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Commentary
Three times Krishna says within, and the repetition is the teaching. Joy, rest, light — Arjuna has been hunting all three outside himself: in victory, in withdrawal to the forest, in the counsel of others. Krishna does not say those are wrong places. He says they are far places. What you go out to fetch can be taken from you; what is already inside cannot. Notice he calls this person a yogī, not a renunciate — the work continues, the field is still there. Only the supply line has changed. Ask where your next hour's gladness is stored, and who holds the key.