Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 Verse 23
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 5 श्लोक 23

शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात्।
कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः।।5.23।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
5.23. He, whose pleasure, delight and again light are just within-O son of Prtha !  he attains the supreme Yoga, himself becoming the Brahman.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
5.23 Saknoti etc.  It is  not easy to accomplish this;  [for], if this force of wrath and desire, hard to bear is endured till the last moment of the body, not for a moment alone-then is the total Bliss achievement.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 5.23Shaknoteehaiva yah sodhum praak shareera vimokshanaat;
Kaamakrodhodbhavam vegam sa yuktah sa sukhee narah.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 5.23śhaknoti—is able; iha eva—in the present body; yaḥ—who; soḍhum—to withstand; prāk—before; śharīra—the body; vimokṣhaṇāt—giving up; kāma—desire; krodha—anger; udbhavam—generated from; vegam—forces; saḥ—that person; yuktaḥ—yogi; saḥ—that person; sukhī—happy; naraḥ—person