Absolute the One with form and without form, who is ever-peaceful and ever-blissful.

Karma Sanyasa Yoga

Chapter 5, Verse 24

 

yo’ntaḥ sukho’ntarā rāmah 

tathāntar jyotir-eva yaḥ 

sa yogī brahma-nirvāṇaṁ 

brahma-bhūto’dhigacchati

 

He who has inner happiness, inner ease and repose, and inner Light, that yogi becomes Brahman: he reaches liberation in Brahman, Brahmanirvanam.

 

‘Brahmanirvanam’ here denotes God Himself, the embodiment of Satchitananda, peace; the attributeless, formless Absolute. The one who attains Brahmanirvanam directly perceives one’s identity with God. This is the aim of a yogi, to attain the Absolute, to become one with the Absolute. In this state of God-Realisation, one attains eternal peace, eternal bliss; one attains the supreme goal of life.

 

God is the Supreme Light of all lights. The whole universe is illumined by His effulgence. He is the Supreme Soul in all beings. A true yogi is ever conscious of such a God. He sees the Ultimate as His own Self. He remains constantly absorbed in His Love, His Peace and His Light. Even though the world appears real, the true yogi sees beyond the external reality. He sees beyond what normal people see. He sees the source. He sees within his own Self the Supreme Light, the Light of God, ‘Antaratma Antar jyoti’. ‘Antar jyoti’ is the inner Light; ‘Antaratma’ is the Supreme Light within the core of his soul itself. Then, one starts to emanate the inner Light and becomes a source of salvation, not only for oneself, but for others. The ego self has been completely removed. In the Brahmanirvanam state, only God dwells, the Absolute: the One with form and without form, who is ever-peaceful and ever-blissful.

Bhagavad Gita