Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 5, Verse 28
यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः । विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः
yatendriyamanobuddhirmunirmokṣaparāyaṇaḥ | vigatecchābhayakrodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ
Translation
Shutting out all external contacts and fixing the sight between the eye-brows, equalising the out-going and the in-going breaths which pass through the nostrils, controlling the senses, mind and intellect, having mokṣa as his highest goal, free from desire, fear and anger — the sage who ever (remains thus) is verily liberated.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- yatendriyamanobuddhiḥ
- controlled, senses, and, mind, and, reason, and, whose, he
- muniḥ
- the muni
- mokṣaparāyaṇaḥ
- liberation, goal, whose, he
- vigatecchābhayakrodhaḥ
- gone, desire, and, fear, and, anger, and, whose, he
- yaḥ
- who
- sadā
- always
- muktaḥ
- freed
- eva
- even
- saḥ
- he
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Keeping the body in the posture described, he should always look up to mokṣa as his supreme goal. When the sage leads constantly this kind of life, renouncing all, he is no doubt liberated: he has nothing else to do for liberation.