Learn·Chapter 5 · Renunciation of action·Verse 23 of 29
Bhagavad Gītā 5.23, word by word
BG 5.23
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात्। कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः
śhaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṁ prāk śharīra-vimokṣhaṇāt kāma-krodhodbhavaṁ vegaṁ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ
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In English
He who, before leaving his body, learns to overcome the promptings of desire and anger, is a saint and is happy.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
He who is able, while still here in this world, to withstand the impulse born out of desire and anger before the liberation from the body, he is a Yogi, and he is a happy man.
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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