Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 183

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-5 Karma Sanyāsa Yogaḥ

śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṃ prāk-śarīra vimokṣaṇāt | kāma krodhodbhavaṃ vegaṃ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ || 23 || 23. One who is able, even here, before one is released from the body, to resist the impulses arising from desire and anger, is a Yogi (competent for Self-realization); and a happy person. Commentary When one is able to withstand or to control the impulses of emotions like selfish-desire and anger through spiritual practice, then Self-realization is near at hand. But one becomes blessed by the actual experience and becomes immersed in the bliss of the Self only after the fall of the body (at the end of the Prarābdha or operative Karma).