Gita Bhashya -Sankara 227

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -5

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Yo(a)ntah sukho(a)ntarārāmas-tathā(a)ntarjyotir-evayah
Sa yogī Brahma-nirvānam Brahmabhūto (a)dhigacchati

24. Whose happiness is within, whose pleasure is within, whose light is also within only, that Yogin, becoming Brahman, attains to the bliss of Brahman.

Whose happiness is within-in the inner Self"; so also, whose pleasure is within, whose sport is in the inner Self alone; whose light, illumination, is also within only-h the inner Self Itself; that Yogin-the Yogin of this description, becoming Brahman, attains to the bliss of Brahman, absolute freedom in Brahman, i.e. Moksa, while still living in the body on earth.

Besides"[1],

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References and Context

  1. Exclusive devotion to the Self is the most intimate requisite of Knowledge. Another means to Knowledge leading to Moka? is now stated: Through the performance of prescribed duties (nitya-karma) such as sacrifices, blemishes like sin are effaced; and thereafter by the practice of Śravapa etc., Right, Knowledge arises, whereupon Liberation comes without effort. (A)