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TEXT 23 saknotihaiva yah sodhum
SYNONYMS  saknoti--able
to do; iha eva--in the present body; yah--one who; sodhum--to
tolerate; prak--before; sarira--body; vimoksanat--give
up; kama--desire; krodha--anger; udbhavam--generated
from; vegam--urge; sah--he; yuktah--in trance; sah--he;
sukhi--happy; narah--human being.
TRANSLATION Before giving
up this present body, if one is able to tolerate the urges of the material
senses and check the force of desire and anger, he is a yogi and is happy
in this world.
PURPORT If one wants
to make steady progress on the path of self-realization, he must try to
control the forces of the material senses. There are the forces of talk,
forces of anger, forces of mind, forces of the stomach, forces of the genitals,
and forces of the tongue. One who is able to control the forces of all
these different senses, and the mind, is called gosvami, or svami.
Such gosvamis live strictly controlled lives, and forgo altogether
the forces of the senses. Material desires, when unsatiated, generate anger,
and thus the mind, eyes and chest become agitated. Therefore, one must
practice to control them before one gives up this material body. One who
can do this is understood to be self-realized and is thus happy in the
state of self-realization. It is the duty of the transcendentalist to try
strenuously to control desire and anger.
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