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Renunciation and Action
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
He who is able here itself, before liberation from the body, to withstand the impulse born of desire and anger — that person is a yogi, that person is a happy man.
śhaknoti—is able · iha eva—in the present body · yaḥ—who · soḍhum—to withstand · prāk—before · śharīra—the body · vimokṣhaṇāt—giving up · kāma—desire · krodha—anger · udbhavam—generated from · vegam—forces · saḥ—that person · yuktaḥ—yogi · saḥ—that person · sukhī—happy · naraḥ—person
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