BG 2.71

विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः ।
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः स शान्तिमधिगच्छति ॥
vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān pumāṁś carati niḥspṛhaḥ
nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sa śāntim adhigacchati

Word-for-word meanings

pumān — the person;  yaḥ — who;  vihāya — having abandoned;  sarvān — all;  kāmān — material desires;  carati — lives;  niḥspṛhaḥ — devoid of hankering;  nirmamaḥ — free from the notion of “mine;  ” nirahaṅkāraḥ — [and] free from the notion of “I;  ” saḥ — he;  adhigacchati — attains;  śāntim — perfect peace.

Translation

The person who, having abandoned all desires, lives devoid of hankering and free from the notions of “I” and “mine,” attains perfect peace.

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