He who can, who has the strength, here, while still living, before the release from the body, until death, to withstand, to hold up against, the rush that rises from desire and anger: the limit is set at death because, for one who lives, that rush is bound to come, since it has endless occasions, and so until death one must not be off guard. Desire is the greediness, the craving, that arises toward a wished-for object within reach of the senses, heard of, remembered or experienced, a cause of pleasure; anger is the aversion that arises toward things contrary to oneself, causes of pain, seen, heard of or remembered. The rush that rises from desire, marked by thrilled hair, gladdened eyes and face and the like, is a churning of the inner instrument; the rush that rises from anger is marked by trembling of the limbs, sweat, bitten lips, reddened eyes and the like. He who can withstand that rush rising from desire and anger is the yoked one, the yogin, and a happy man here in the world. In what state does one who stands in Brahman reach Brahman? The Blessed Lord says.

Before the release from the body, here itself, in the very state of the practice of the means, he who, by the joy of the experience of the self, is able to bear, to check, the surge born of desire and anger, he is joined, fit for the experience of the self. After the release from the body he will come to the happiness of the experience of the self.

Krishna praises the giving up of that, with 'he is able'. He is able to bear the surge that rises from desire and anger, before the release of the body. The import is that it is easy to bear in the human body as it is not elsewhere. And the world of Brahma and the rest belongs only to those who have conquered desire.