Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 62

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-2 Sankhya Yogaḥ

duḥkheṣv-anudvigna-manāḥ sukheṣu vigata spṛhaḥ | vīta-rāga bhaya krodhaḥ sthita-dhīr munir ucyate || 56 || 56. One whose mind is not perturbed by pain, who does not hanker after pleasures, who is free from desire, fear and anger — is called a sage of steady intellect (sthita-dhi). Commentary Even when there are reasons for grief like separation from beloved ones, the enlightened one’s mind is not perturbed. He has no craving for sense enjoyment, he has no hankering for them. He is free from desire, fear and anger;— desire is craving for objects not yet obtained. Fear is mental agitation produced by the awareness of factors which cause separation from objects that one loves, or by encountering that which is undesirable. Anger is a disturbed state of mind which produces aggression directed at another sentient being who is perceived as the cause of separation from the beloved object or when confronting what is undesirable. An aspirant of this sort, who constantly meditates on the Self, is said to have attained steady intellect.