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Bhagavad Gita · 5.23

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

śhaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṁ prāk śharīra-vimokṣhaṇāt kāma-krodhodbhavaṁ vegaṁ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ

One who is able to withstand the impulse arising from desire and anger, even before giving up the body — that person is a yogi, that person is truly happy.

— Bhagavad Gita 5.23

Source: Sacred-Texts.com (Sanskrit) + Bhagavad-Gita.io (translations)

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