Chapter II · Śloka 56
दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः |
वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ||
वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ||
duḥkheṣv anudvigna-manāḥ sukheṣu vigata-spṛhaḥ |
vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhaḥ sthita-dhīr munir ucyate ||
vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhaḥ sthita-dhīr munir ucyate ||
One whose mind is not disturbed in sorrow, who does not crave pleasures, who is free from passion, fear, and anger — such a sage is called one of steady wisdom.
The three inner freedoms — from rāga (craving), bhaya (fear), and krodha (anger) — map the full emotional landscape of suffering: we suffer because we want, because we dread, and because we rage against what we cannot control. The sthitaprajña has gone beyond all three.