He whose happiness is within, in the Self; whose delight, whose play, is within, in the Self alone; and whose light, whose illumination, is within, in the Self alone: such a yogin reaches the extinction in Brahman, the bliss in Brahman, liberation, becoming Brahman here, while still living. Further.

He who, giving up all experience of outer objects, has his happiness within, having the experience of the self for his single happiness; who has his delight within, depending on the self alone; for whom the self alone, by its own qualities, is the increaser of happiness; and who, his light within, having knowledge of the self alone, goes about; that yogin, become Brahman, attains Brahman-nirvana, the happiness of the experience of the self.

With the verses that follow, Krishna unfolds the mark of the man of knowledge. 'Delight' (arama) is the happiness that comes from the seeing of the Supreme and the like; here it is the happiness occasioned by the seeing of the supreme Self and the like. Happiness is plain at the ceasing of affliction; here the happiness of the self is plain at the ceasing of desire and the rest, since the Lord is self-luminous. By the manifesting of that there is an inward light. Though all have an inward light, there is a distinction in its manifesting, since those in objectless samadhi do not see the outward. The word 'alone' is used because, even where there is sight of the outward, it accomplishes nothing. So it is said in the Naradiya, 'the happiness that arises for men from seeing, touching, conversing and the like is to be known as arama; happiness is what rises at the ceasing of desire', and 'because the great Vishnu is self-luminous, the inward light is His abiding there'. Krishna states the cause of this inward happiness and the rest, with 'having become Brahman'.