Sanskrit
यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः । विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः ॥
yatendriyamanobuddhir munir mokṣaparāyaṇaḥ vigatecchābhayakrodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ
Translation
With senses, mind, and Reason ever controlled, solely pursuing liberation, the Sage, having for ever cast away desire, fear and passion, verily is liberated.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
This verse completes the previous one’s meditation posture with an inner counterpart: senses, mind, and intellect restrained together — a triad the chapter has used before, in verse 11 — with the muni singularly oriented toward mokṣa. The specific triad worth noting is desire, fear, and anger, all named as jointly departed; fear’s arrival alongside the chapter’s more familiar pairing of desire and anger suggests it’s being treated as their natural byproduct, the anxiety of a mind still invested in outcomes, whether wanted or feared. The closing claim — verily, he is ever liberated — is stated in the present tense, not held out as a future reward.