Shloka 5.26.49
सीताविलापः — Sita’s Lament and Prophecy of Lanka’s Ruin
धन्याः खलु महात्मानो मुनयस्त्यक्तकिल्बिषाः।।।।जितात्मनो महाभागा येषां न स्तः प्रियाप्रिये।
dhanyāḥ khalu mahātmāno munayas tyaktakilbiṣāḥ | jitātmano mahābhāgā yeṣāṃ na staḥ priyāpriye ||
Blessed indeed are the great sages who have cast off sin—self-controlled and fortunate—for whom ‘dear’ and ‘not dear’ do not exist.
"Blessed are the exhalted sages who have not committed any sin. They have self-control and have subdued their senses. There is no pleasure or displeasure for them.
It praises equanimity (samatva): freedom from attachment and aversion is presented as a dharmic achievement grounded in purity and self-mastery.
Sītā compares her own turbulence of feeling with the sages’ steadiness, admiring their freedom from emotional extremes.
Self-control (jitātmatā) and moral purity (tyaktakilbiṣa) as the foundation of inner peace.