कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम् | अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम् || २६ ||
kāma-krodha-viyuktānāṃ yatīnāṃ yata-cetasām abhito brahma-nirvāṇaṃ vartate viditātmanām
kāma—desires; krodha—anger; viyuktānām—those freed from; yatīnām—of the sages; yata-cetasām—who have controlled the mind; abhitaḥ—from both sides; brahma-nirvāṇam—liberation in the Supreme; vartate—exists; vidita-ātmanām—who have self-realisation.
“For the sages who are free from desire and anger, who have controlled their minds, and who know the Self — brahma-nirvana exists on all sides (both in life and in death).”
The phrase 'on all sides' (abhitaḥ) is profound. It means brahma-nirvana — the peace of Brahman — is not a future state but a present reality accessible to the qualified seeker. It exists before death and after death, in waking and in sleep, in activity and in rest. The liberated one moves through the world completely suffused with this peace, like a lamp placed in the centre of a room that illuminates equally in every direction.
Liberation is not a far-off destination. It is the ground state of your own awareness, available in this very moment when desire and aversion are quiet. Even brief glimpses of this in meditation confirm that the peace you are seeking is already present within you.