Bhagavad Gita 5.23 Meaning: Shaknotihaiva yah sodhum prak

Bhagavad Gita 5.23

शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक् शरीरविमोक्षणात् ।कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः ॥

Shaknotihaiva yah sodhum prak shariravimokshanatKamakrodhodbhavam vegam sa yuktah sa sukhi narah

śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṃ prāk śarīravimokṣaṇāt |kāmakrodhodbhavaṃ vegaṃ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ ||

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Our explanation Krishna says that the person who, here in this life and before leaving the body, can withstand the force that rises from desire and anger is steady in yoga, and is a happy person.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो व्यक्ति यहीं, इसी जीवन में, शरीर छूटने से पहले, काम और क्रोध से उठने वाले वेग को सह सकता है, वह योग में स्थित है और वही सुखी मनुष्य है।

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शक्नोति śaknoti · is able (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: śak, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1044, col. 2 “to be strong or powerful, be able to or capable of or competent for”
इह iha · here, in this life (indeclinable) Dictionary: iha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 169, col. 3 “in this place, here; to this place; in this world”
एव eva · even (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
यः yaḥ · who (relative pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
सोढुम् soḍhum · to bear (infinitive ('to do')) Dictionary: 1. sah, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1193, col. 1 “to bear, put up with, endure, suffer, tolerate”
प्राक् prāk · before (indeclinable) Dictionary: prāk, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 703, col. 3 “before”
शरीरविमोक्षणात् śarīravimokṣaṇāt · the release from the body (compound, ablative singular) Dictionary: śarīra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1057, col. 3 “the body, bodily frame”; vi-mokṣaṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 981, col. 2 “liberation, deliverance”
कामक्रोधोद्भवम् kāmakrodhodbhavam · arising from desire and anger (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: kāma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 271, col. 3 “wish, desire, longing”; krodha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 322, col. 1 “anger, wrath, passion”; ud-bhava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 190, col. 2 “existence, generation, origin, production, birth”
वेगम् vegam · the force, the surge (accusative singular) Dictionary: vega, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1013, col. 3 “rush, dash, impetus”
सः saḥ · he (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “that, this”
युक्तः yuktaḥ · steady in yoga (past participle, nominative singular) Dictionary: yukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 853, col. 2 “absorbed in abstract meditation, concentrated, attentive”
सः saḥ · he (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “that, this”
सुखी sukhī · happy (nominative singular) Dictionary: sukhin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1222, col. 1 “possessing or causing happiness or pleasure, happy, joyful”
नरः naraḥ · person (nominative singular) Dictionary: nara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 3 “a man, a male, a person”

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Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

Spelling A digital text reads Same letters. The e-text joins प्राक्शरीर…; the 1922 edition prints प्राक् शरीरविमोक्षणात् as two words, as another digital text does (prāk śarīra-).

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