Kṛṣṇa explains where the yogī finds their joy. A liberated person is not attracted to external sense pleasures. Instead, they enjoy the pleasure found within the soul. By concentrating on the Supreme (‘brahma-yoga’), they experience ‘sukham akṣayam’—unlimited, inexhaustible happiness. Material pleasures are like flickering matches; they provide a moment of light and then go out, leaving you in the dark. Spiritual happiness is like the sun; it shines steadily from within. It doesn’t depend on having the right food, the right company, or the right weather. It is a state of being, not a result of having. Kṛṣṇa is telling Arjuna that the ‘happiness’ he is trying to save by avoiding the war is actually a very low and fragile kind of joy. He is offering him a path to a happiness that can never be taken away by an army or by death. The self-realized soul carries their own ‘heaven’ inside their heart.