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Sura 5, Slok 23

Text

zaknotIhaiva yaH soDhuM prAkzarIravimokSaNAt | kAmakrodhodbhavaM vegaM sa yuktaH sa sukhI naraH ||5-23||

Transliteration

śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṃ prākśarīravimokṣaṇāt . kāmakrodhodbhavaṃ vegaṃ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ ||5-23||

Meanings

5.23 He who is able, even here, before he is released from the body, to bear the impulse generated by desire and wrath, he is a Yogin (competent for self-realisation); he is the happy man. - Adi