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शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात् ।
कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः ॥५- २३॥

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Transliteration

shaknotiihaiwa yaH soDhuM praakshariirawimokShaNaat ।

kaamakrodhodbhawaM wegaM sa yuktaH sa sukhii naraH ॥५- २३॥

Translation

Who is able, here itself, before liberation from the body, to forbear

Urges arising from lust, anger, that is an adherent, that is a happy person.

Translation

One who is able to withstand the impulse of lust and anger before death is a yogi, and a happy person.

Translation

Before giving up this present body, if one is able to tolerate the urges of the material senses and check the force of desire and anger, he is a yogi and is happy in this world.