Chapter 5, Verse 23
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात्। कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः।।5.23।।
śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṃ prākśarīravimokṣaṇāt। kāmakrodhodbhavaṃ vegaṃ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ।।5.23।।
Word by word
- शक्नोति
- is able
- इह एव
- here indeed, in this very life/world
- यः
- who (relative pronoun, subject)
- सोढुम्
- to endure, to withstand
- प्राक्
- before, prior to
- शरीरविमोक्षणात्
- from the release/liberation of the body (i.e., before death)
- कामक्रोधोद्भवं
- arising from desire and anger
- वेगं
- the impulse, force, agitation
- सः
- he
- युक्तः
- is united/disciplined (a true yogi)
- सः
- he
- सुखी
- is happy
- नरः
- the man, the person
Commentary
23. He that is able, while still here5 to with- stand, before liberation from the body, the impulse of desire and anger, he is a Yogin, he is a happy man.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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शक्नोति
इह एव
यः
सोढुम्
प्राक्
शरीरविमोक्षणात्
कामक्रोधोद्भवं
वेगं
सः
युक्तः
सः
सुखी
नरः
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