Chapter 18, Verse 53
अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम्। विमुच्य निर्ममः शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते।।18.53।।
ahaṅkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham। vimucya nirmamaḥ śānto brahmabhūyāya kalpate॥18.53॥
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- अहङ्कारम्
- egoism (accusative object)
- बलम्
- (false sense of) strength/power
- दर्पम्
- arrogance/pride
- कामम्
- desire
- क्रोधम्
- anger
- परिग्रहम्
- possessiveness/acquisitiveness
- विमुच्य
- having abandoned/relinquished
- निर्ममः
- free from sense of 'mine'
- शान्तः
- peaceful/tranquil
- ब्रह्मभूयाय
- for the state of becoming Brahman
- कल्पते
- is fit/qualified (verb, 3rd person singular)
Commentary
53. Having abandoned egotism, strength^, arrogance, desire, enmity, property, free from the notion of " mine," and peaceful, he is fit for be- coming Brahman.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अहङ्कारम्
बलम्
दर्पम्
कामम्
क्रोधम्
परिग्रहम्
विमुच्य
निर्ममः
शान्तः
ब्रह्मभूयाय
कल्पते
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