Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 18: Freedom through Renunciation

Bhagavad Gita 18.53

ahaṅkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham | vimucya nirmamaḥ śānto brahmabhūyāya kalpate ||

giving up ego, force, arrogance, desire, anger, and possessiveness, free from the sense of "mine," and at peace: such a person is fit to become one with Brahman.

Modern context

The last step: giving up ego, force, arrogance, desire, anger and possessiveness, free from 'mine', at peace. These are the very qualities named in chapter 16 as demonic. The path to freedom is, in large part, letting go of them. What remains when they are gone is peace. The verse suggests that peace is not something added; it is what is left when the obstacles are removed.