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Bhagavad Gita 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

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
śhaknotiśhaknotiis able
iha evaiha evain the present body
yaḥyaḥwho
soḍhumsoḍhumto withstand
prākprākbefore
śharīraśharīrathe body
vimokṣhaṇātvimokṣhaṇātgiving up
kāmakāmadesire
krodhakrodhaanger
udbhavamudbhavamgenerated from
vegamvegamforces
saḥsaḥthat person
yuktaḥyuktaḥyogi
saḥsaḥthat person
sukhīsukhīhappy
naraḥnaraḥperson

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.

जो मनुष्य इसी लोक में शरीर त्यागने के पूर्व ही काम और क्रोध से उत्पन्न हुए वेग को सहन करने में समर्थ है,  वह योगी (युक्त) और सुखी मनुष्य है।।