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कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम्। अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम्।।

kāma-krodha-vimuktānāṁ yatīnāṁ yata-cetasām abhito brahma-nirvāṇaṁ vartate viditātmanām

kāma (desire) krodha (and anger) vimuktānām (of those who are freed from) yatīnām (of the saintly persons) yata-cetasām (who have full control over the mind) abhitaḥ (assuredly) brahma-nirvāṇam (liberation in the Supreme) vartate (is there) vidita-ātmanām (of those who are self-realized)

Those who are free from anger and all material desires, who are self-realized, self-disciplined and constantly endeavoring for perfection, are assured of liberation in the Supreme in the very near future.

Kṛṣṇa reiterates the goal for those who are ‘kāma-krodha-vimuktānāṁ’—freed from desire and anger. For such saintly persons who have full control over their minds and have realized their true self, liberation in the Supreme is ‘abhitaḥ’, meaning assured and present on all sides. It is as if they are already swimming in the ocean of eternity. They don’t have to go anywhere to find God; they have found the Divine Presence right where they are. Their mastery over their internal impulses has removed the only barrier that existed between them and the Absolute. Anger and desire are the walls of the ego’s prison. Once those walls are knocked down, the soul is naturally free. Kṛṣṇa is giving Arjuna the ultimate incentive: by mastering his current agitation, he will find himself standing in the middle of eternal liberation, even while the arrows fly around him. Real freedom is an internal reality.