Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Verse 71
विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः । निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः स शान्तिमधिगच्छति ॥
vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān pumāṁś carati niḥspṛhaḥ | nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sa śāntim adhigacchati ||
One who, having abandoned all desires, moves without craving, without possessiveness, without ego—that person attains peace.
After verse 2.70's ocean metaphor, Krishna gives the practice: release the trinity that binds you. Vihāya kāmān—abandon desires. Not suppressing but letting go. Then live with three freedoms: niḥspṛhaḥ (without craving—even if desires arise, no desperate chase), nirmamaḥ (without mine-ness—no possessive grasping), nirahaṅkāraḥ (without ego—no self-inflation or deflation). The result? Śānti—peace not earned but revealed when these three release. This is the answer to becoming like the ocean: let go of kāma, mama, ahaṅkāra.