BG 2.71
That person, who gives up all material desires and lives free from a sense of greed, proprietorship, and egoism, attains perfect peace.
निर्ममो निरहंकारः स शांतिमधिगच्छति
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vihāya — giving up
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kāmān — material desires
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yaḥ — who
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sarvān — all
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pumānśh — person
The word pumān means "a person" -
charati — lives
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niḥspṛihaḥ — free from desire
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nirmamo — without ownership
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nirahankāraḥ — without egoism
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sa — that person
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śhāntim — perfect peace
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adhigachchhati — attains
Therefore, one whose senses are restrained from the sense objects of their environment is fixed in steady wisdom. What all beings consider as day is the night of ignorance for the wise, and what all creatures see as night is the day for the introspective sage. Just as the ocean remains undisturbed by the incessant flow of waters from rivers merging into it, likewise the sage who is unmoved despite the flow of desirable objects all around him attains peace, and not the person who strives to satisfy desires. That person, who gives up all material desires and lives free from a sense of greed, proprietorship, and egoism, attains perfect peace. Such is the realization of Brahma. By attaining this, one attains freedom from delusion in life and liberation from reincarnation in death.
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