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"First, let us get our body and mind under our control."
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात् ।
कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः
॥ ५-२३॥
śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṁ
prākśarīravimokṣaṇāt kāma-
krodhodbhavaṁ vegaṁ sa yuktaḥ sa
sukhī naraḥ
Before leaving this present body, if one is able to tolerate the urges of material senses and check the force of desire and anger, he is well situated and he is happy in this world.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Only a person who has gone beyond greed and fear can relax into his being. He will know what his place is in this planet Earth.
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योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः ।
स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति
॥ ५-२४॥
yo’ntaḥsukho’ntarārāmas
tathāntar-jyotir eva yaḥ sa yogī
brahman-irvāṇaṁ
brahmabhūto’dhigacchati
One who is happy from within, active
within as well as illumined within,
surely, is a Yogi and he is liberated in
the Supreme [brahma-nirvāṇa], is Self-
realized and attains the Supreme
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When we are completely immersed in the present moment, we enjoy the path. When the path itself becomes the goal, we enjoy the goal also every moment.
लभन्ते ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृषयः क्षीणकल्मषाः ।
छिन्नद्वैधा यतात्मानः सर्वभूतहिते रताः
॥ ५-२५॥
labhante brahma-nirvāṇam ṛṣayaḥ
kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ chinn-advaidhā
yatātmānaḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ
Those, whose sins have been destroyed, who have dispelled the dualities arising from doubts, whose minds are engaged within, and who are working for the welfare of other beings, attain the eternal liberation in the Supreme [brahma-nirvāṇa].
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Only when we work out of bliss, we will do things to enrich others and ourselves
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम् ।
अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम्
॥५-२६॥
kāmakrodhaviyuktānāṁ
yatīnāṁ yatacetasām abhito
brahmanirvāṇaṁ vartate
viditātmanām
They who are free from lust and anger,
who have subdued the mind and
senses, and who have known the Self,
easily attain liberation [brahma-
nirvāṇa].
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When we feel genuine love for others, we will take up responsibility because we want to share that blissful love with others around us.