Shloka 21
अक्षरब्रह्मयोग (Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga) — Knowledge of the Imperishable, Prakṛti, and Devotion
बाहास्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत् सुखम् । स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्लुते,बाहरके विषयोंमें आसक्तिरहित अन्तःकरणवाला साधकः आत्मामें स्थित जो ध्यानजनित सात््विक आनन्द है, उसको प्राप्त होता है; तदनन्तर वह सच्चिदानन्दघन परब्रह्म परमात्माके ध्यानरूप योगमें अभिन्नभावसे स्थित” पुरुष अक्षय आनन्दका अनुभव करता हैः
bāhyasparśeṣv asaktātmā vindaty ātmani yat sukham | sa brahmayogayuktātmā sukham akṣayam aśnute ||
Arjuna says: One whose mind is unattached to external contacts and sense-objects discovers within the Self the happiness that arises from inner steadiness. Established in the yoga of Brahman—absorbed in the Supreme—such a person partakes of imperishable bliss.
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Happiness grounded in the Self arises when one is not driven by sense-contact; through disciplined absorption in Brahman, one experiences a joy that does not depend on changing external conditions and is therefore described as imperishable.
In the midst of the Kurukshetra setting, Arjuna voices a teaching about inner discipline: he contrasts outward, object-based pleasure with inward, contemplative happiness, pointing to Brahman-realization as the stable culmination of yoga.