“A person who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes fully joyful. Such indeed is the case for the men of self-realization, the men of the supreme do they however they know: thus is the infinite delight of pure happiness enjoyed by thee.”

Context of the Verse:

            This verse is Chapter 5, Verse 11 of the Bhagavad Gita. “The one who is without a sense of possession thus is really established in the essence of that Yoga or the true nature of being a wise person” informs Krishna to a disciple, Arjuna. One who does not rely on sense experience to feel good, but receives genuine everlasting happiness within – in communion with the divine (Brahman).

            Krishna is comparing the short-lived pleasure that arises from transacting with the world outside and the imperishable fulfilment as who lives established in thought of the Lord and dissolves himself in him.

Key Teachings in This Verse:

• Disengagement from Externals: Emancipation from external objects is the calibre of peace which is true happiness i.e. peace with all its elements that has no sway of the senses and does not move to the object of sense.
• Interior Happiness: The supreme bliss is within in the Self (Atman), not in the outside objects.
• Brahma-Yoga (Union with Brahman): The disciples who are merged in the highest (Brahman) – their bliss is immortal.
• Eternal vs Temporary Pleasure: Physical pleasure is temporal and produce suffering- mental pleasure is eternal without decay.

Relevance to Arjuna:

• Krishna instructs Arjuna, who is mired in self-doubt and moral cowardice as the two armies march to battle, to transcend his doubts and see the world in relation to the universal harmony of the absolutes seeking to reconcile order with chaos.
• This verse is asking for him to find his peace and strength within himself, not to rely on temporary things, (war, victory, or losing a war).
• Krishna is aiming Arjuna toward the state of the wise yogi who is able to act independently of pleasure or pain, success or failure.

Explanation:

            So, there are pleasures of various kinds. Lord Rishabh Dave says, O my dear children do not waste this human form of life. It is a valuable thing, this human dress. Do not waste it in procuring the pleasures which even the animals are having! At present in the materialistic society, sex pleasure is the topmost pleasure, but animals also do not have half time sex in the day.

            They have sex many times within an hour. We’ll get tired. We cannot do that either. Therefore, human body is meant for self-realization. So, animal bodies, they have so much of sense, enjoyment, but is that sense enjoyment solving their problems of life after sex problem remains the same; sex may create many more problems. So, you are not here meant you are you don’t spoil your human energy effort in order to get the pleasures, like animal also gets, it’s very low-grade pleasure. Your action should be totally for self-purification, bringing purity in existence. Why should I purify myself? It’s because when you purify yourself, you feel extremely good. There are levels of delight. Now, we all know that as a sometimes. The young people are misguided. Come with us, their friends tell them, enter today we will show you new delight. And they take them to drugs. And then when you do drugs it’s very high pleasure, but such a high pleasure. Takes a whole bunch of things, physical, you know, mental, social, the works. But for sure, it’s a very elevated form of pleasure. So then, there is only one high grade pleasure that has no unpleasant or melancholy consequences. And that Brahma Sukh – that is spiritual happiness.

            So, as this instruction is, given in the Bhagavad Gita. This is what the all the Achariya, and Saints and Lord Krishna want us human, why are you behaving like if you are miser? Just going for sense pleasure. And the animals enjoy it to.

            So, in this way, you simply meditate on Lotus Feet of Krishna within your mind, this inner pleasure is very, very great. If you think about the sex pleasure, it makes your mouth go down in disgust. This is the joy of Yoga. Just by thinking of Lotus Feet of Krishna, now this stage of course needs some practice under Bonafide spiritual master but a person can sit anywhere just think of Lotus Feet of Krishna or chant his names and become merged in unlimited happiness.

            So that is what Krishna is talking about here. In this way, the self-realised enjoys unlimited happiness, since what he focuses on is the supreme. Why Great Kings King is a having all the wealth in the world? Why they would leave? This was a culture. The kings had abandoned the kingdom and gone to Jungle. They would die away As Rishabh Dav is going, Parikshit Maharaj went, Yudhisthir Maharaj went, everybody goes.

            Why someone’s going to jungle in retirement, now people want to have fun because they know. The ones who know what is the best joy of life? That they can sit anywhere, that an advanced person can sit after just a little practice.

            Just recite and listen to the names of the Lord. He can think about God’s forms, or he can be active in his service. Also tell others about God, preach it also to others, sing and dance, in the lotus feet of Lord he gets unlimited internal happiness.