अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम् ।विमुच्य निर्ममः शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥
ahaṅkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham |vimucya nirmamaḥ śānto brahmabhūyāya kalpate ||
- अहङ्कारम् · ahaṅkāram
- egoism
- बलम् · balam
- forcefulness, violence
- दर्पम् · darpam
- arrogance
- कामम् · kāmam
- desire
- क्रोधम् · krodham
- anger
- परिग्रहम् · parigraham
- grasping, possessiveness
- विमुच्य · vimucya
- having released
- निर्ममः · nirmamaḥ
- free from 'mine'
- शान्तः · śāntaḥ
- peaceful
- ब्रह्मभूयाय · brahmabhūyāya
- for becoming Brahman
- कल्पते · kalpate
- is fit
“…having released egoism, forcefulness, arrogance, desire, anger, and possessiveness — free from 'mine' and at peace, one is fit for becoming Brahman.”
— Original plain-language translation
The sentence concludes: six inner enemies dropped, 'mine' dissolved, peace attained — then fitness for Brahman. The list overlaps the demoniac traits of 16.4, now actively renounced. Note the order: lifestyle (18.52) enables release, release enables realization.
— Reader's notes (original)