# Bhagavad Gita 5.23

**Canonical reference:** `gita.5.23`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात्।
कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः ॥

## IAST

śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṃ prākśarīravimokṣaṇāt
kāmakrodhodbhavaṃ vegaṃ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

He who even in this world before his release from the body is able to bear the agitations produced from desire and wrath is a devoted man he is a happy man.

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