Chapter 5 · Verse 23The Yoga of Renunciation
Bhagavad Gita 5.23
BG 5.23 — Chapter 5 (The Yoga of Renunciation), Verse 23, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात् | कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः ||५-२३||
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śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṃ prākśarīravimokṣaṇāt . kāmakrodhodbhavaṃ vegaṃ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ ||5-23||
Roman: shaknotihaiva yah sodhum prakshariravimokshanat . kamakrodhodbhavam vegam sa yuktah sa sukhi narah
He who is able, while still here (in this world) to withstand, before the liberation from the body, the impulse born out of desire and anger he is a Yogi, he is a happy man.