Bhagavad Gita · 5.23
॥
Devanāgarī
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात् ।
कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṁ prāk śarīra-vimokṣaṇāt |
kāma-krodhodbhavaṁ vegaṁ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
शक्नोतिśaknotiis able, can.
इह एवiha evaright here, still in this life.
यःyaḥwho.
सोढुम्soḍhumto withstand, to endure, to resist.
प्राक्prākbefore.
शरीरविमोक्षणात्śarīra-vimokṣaṇātthe giving up (vimokṣaṇa) of the body (śarīra).
कामक्रोधोद्भवम्kāma-krodha-udbhavamborn (udbhava) of desire (kāma) and anger (krodha).
वेगम्vegamthe impulse, urge, onslaught.
सः युक्तःsaḥ yuktaḥthat one is a yukta (established in yoga).
सः सुखी नरःsaḥ sukhī naraḥthat one is a happy (sukhī) man (nara).
Translation
“One who, while still in this life, before giving up the body, is able to withstand the impulses born of desire and anger—such a person is a true yogī and a happy man.”
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