Gita map, what the Gita cultivates
आत्मसुख Inner joy
Happiness that needs nothing outside. Linked to 3 of the core shlokas.
Verses that cultivate it
- 5.21
बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम्।
स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते ॥bāhya-sparśheṣhvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yat sukham
With the self unattached to external contacts, he finds happiness in the Self; with the self engaged in the meditation of Brahman, he attains endless happiness.
sa brahma-yoga-yuktātmā sukham akṣhayam aśhnute - 5.24
योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः।
स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति ॥yo 'ntaḥ-sukho 'ntar-ārāmas tathāntar-jyotir eva yaḥ
He who is happy within, who rejoices within, and who is illuminated within, that Yogi attains absolute freedom, or Moksha, becoming Brahman himself.
sa yogī brahma-nirvāṇaṁ brahma-bhūto 'dhigachchhati - 18.37
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।
तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ॥yat tad agre viṣam iva pariṇāme 'mṛtopamam tat sukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ proktam ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jam
That which is like poison at first but in the end like nectar—that happiness is declared to be sattvic, born of the purity of one's own mind due to self-realization.