Chapter 5

Verse 23

Bhagavad Gita

शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात् |
कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः ||५-२३||
Transliteration

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

5.23 He who, before he leaves his body, learns to surmount the promptings of desire and anger is a saint and is happy.