Shloka 23
अक्षरब्रह्मयोग (Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga) — Knowledge of the Imperishable, Prakṛti, and Devotion
शकक््नोतीहैव य: सोढुं प्राक् शरीरविमोक्षणात् । कामक्रोधोद्धवं वेगं स युक्त: स सुखी नर:
śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṃ prāk śarīra-vimokṣaṇāt | kāma-krodhodbhavaṃ vegaṃ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ ||
যে ব্যক্তি এই দেহে থাকতেই—দেহ ত্যাগের পূর্বেই—কাম ও ক্রোধ থেকে উদ্ভূত প্রবল বেগ সহ্য করতে সক্ষম হয়, সেই-ই যোগযুক্ত, সেই-ই সত্য সুখী।
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True yoga is demonstrated by the capacity to withstand the powerful impulses arising from desire and anger while still alive; such self-mastery is identified with genuine happiness and inner integration.
In the Bhīṣma Parva’s dialogue setting, Arjuna speaks a reflective verse emphasizing ethical discipline: the real measure of a yogin is not external status but the inner ability to restrain passion and wrath before the end of life.