As a yogi perfects the practice of withdrawing the mind from sense objects and securing it upon God, the passions get subdued and the mind becomes utterly serene. Earlier, effort was required to focus it upon God, but now it naturally runs to him. At this stage, the elevated meditator sees everything in its connection with God. Sage Narad states
tat prāpya tad evāvalokayati, tad eva śhṛiṇoti,
tad eva bhāṣhayati, tad eva chintayati
(Nārad Bhakti Darśhan,
Sūtra
55)[v20]
“The consciousness of the devotee whose mind is united in love with God is always absorbed in him. Such a devotee always sees him, hears him, speaks of him, and thinks of him.” When the mind gets absorbed in God in this manner, the soul begins to experience a glimpse of the infinite bliss of God who is seated within.
Sādhaks
often ask how they can know that they are progressing. The answer is embedded in this verse. When we find our inner transcendental bliss increasing, we can consider it as a symptom that our mind is coming under control and the consciousness is getting spiritually elevated. Here, Shree Krishna says that when we are
śhānta-rajasaṁ
(free from passion) and
akalmaṣham
(sinless), then we will become
brahma-bhūtam
(endowed with God-realization). At that stage, we will experience
sukham uttamam
(the highest bliss).