Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation
Verse 53
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 53
अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम्।विमुच्य निर्ममः शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते।।18.53।।
Transliteration (IAST)
ahankāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ parigraham vimuchya nirmamaḥ śhānto brahma-bhūyāya kalpate
Translation
Forsaking egoism, power, pride, desire, wrath, and possessions, with no feeling of 'mine' and tranquil, he becomes worthy of the state of Brahman.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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