56. duikhesv anudvignanana
sukhesu vigatasprhah
vitaardgabhayakrodhah
sthitadhir munir ucyate
(56) He whose mind is untroubled in the midst of sorrows and is free from eager desire amid pleasures, he from whom passion, fear, and rage have passed away, he is called a sage of settled intelligence.It is self-mastery, conquest of desire and passion that is insisted on.[1]
57. yal; sarvatra 'nabhisnehas
tat-tat prapya subhasubham
na 'bhinandati na dvesti
tasya prajna pratisthita
(57) He who is without affection on any side, who does not rejoice or loathe as he obtains good or evil, his intelligence is firmly set (in wisdom). Flowers bloom and they fade. There is no need to praise the former and condemn the latter. We must receive whatever comes without excitement, pain or revolt.
58. yada sariaharate ca
'yam kurmo 'ngani 'va sarvatah
indriyam 'nuriyarthebhyas
tasya prajna pratisthita
(58) He who draws away the senses from the objects of sense on every side as a tortoise draws in his limbs (into the shell), his intelligence is firmly set (in wisdom).
