Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 52
Chapter 18
Verse 53 of 78
Verse 54
Verse 18.53
अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम्। विमुच्य निर्ममः शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥18.53॥
18.53 ahaṃkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham vimucya nirmamaḥ śānto brahmabhūyāya kalpate
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Having freed himself from ego (ahaṅkāra), force, arrogance, desire (kāma), anger (krodha), and acquisition (parigraha), Free from the sense of "mine" (nirmama), peaceful (śānta), he is fit for becoming Brahman (brahmabhūyāya).

Stoller MillerLiterary

Freeing himself from individuality, force, pride, desire, anger, acquisitiveness; unpossessive, tranquil, he is at one with the infinite spirit.

ZaehnerJesuit

(53) let him give up all thought of ‘I', force, pride, desire and anger and possessiveness, let him not think of anything as 'mine', at peace;—[if he does this,] to becoming Brahman is he conformed.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

18.53 (That person,) having discarded egotism, force, pride, desire, anger and superfluous possessions, free from the idea of possession, and serene, is fit for becoming Brahman.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

18.53 Forsaking egoism, power, pride, desire, wrath and possession, with no feeling of 'mine' and tranquil --- he becomes worthy for the state of brahman.

SivanandaVedanta

18.53 Having abandoned egoism, strength, arrogance, desire, anger and covetousness, and free from the notion of 'mine' and peaceful, -- he is fit for becoming Brahman.

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Sanskrit Original
Verse 52
Chapter 18
Verse 53 of 78
Verse 54