शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात् ।कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः ॥
śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṃ prāk śarīravimokṣaṇāt |kāmakrodhodbhavaṃ vegaṃ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ ||
- शक्नोति · śaknoti
- is able
- इह एव · iha eva
- right here
- सोढुम् · soḍhum
- to endure, withstand
- प्राक् · prāk
- before
- शरीरविमोक्षणात् · śarīravimokṣaṇāt
- release from the body
- कामक्रोधोद्भवम् · kāmakrodhodbhavam
- born of desire and anger
- वेगम् · vegam
- surge, impulse
- सुखी · sukhī
- happy
“One who can withstand, even here before release from the body, the surge born of desire and anger — he is disciplined, he is a happy man.”
— Original plain-language translation
Freedom is tested before death, not postponed beyond it. Desire and anger arrive as a flood-vehement force to be weathered. Endurance here defines both the yogi and the truly happy person.
— Reader's notes (original)