The following verses depict the signs of a man whose wisdom is firmly set. A sage of firm wisdom is not perturbed in pain and does not long for pleasure. Desire is the longing for objects not yet obtained. He is free from this. Fear is affliction produced from knowledge of the factors which cause separation from beloved or meeting that which is not desirable.
Anger is a disturbed state of one's own mind which causes affliction.
A sage of firm wisdom is free from all this. His wisdom is firmly set. When one is able to draw the senses away from sense objects on every side, just as a tortoise draws its limbs, and is hence capable of fixing his mind on the Self. Used under License.