18. Renunciation and Surrender

Mokṣha Sanyās Yog

BG 18.51

Guided by a pure intellect, subdued by steadiness, renouncing all objects of the senses and casting aside both love and hatred, ...

बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्याऽऽत्मानं नियम्य च
शब्दादीन् विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च

  • buddhyā — intellect

  • viśhuddhayā — purified

  • yukto — endowed with, united with

  • dhṛityātmānaṁ — determination

  • niyamya — restraining

  • cha — and

  • śhabdādīn — sounds

  • viṣhayāns — objects of the senses

  • tyaktvā — abandoning

  • rāga-dveṣhau — attachment and aversion

    • rāga

    • dveṣhau

  • vyudasya — casting aside

  • cha — and

...18.49

I will now tell you how one who has reached perfection finds the eternal Brahman - a supreme state of knowledge.

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Guided by a pure intellect, subdued by steadiness, renouncing all objects of the senses and casting aside both love and hatred,

[51]

resorting to solitude, eating sparingly, restraining the speech, body, and mind, fully engaged in the practice of yoga and meditation, taking refuge in dispassion,

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forsaking egotism, violence, arrogance, desire, wrap, and superfluous possessions, free from the concept of "mine", firmly established in tranquility - such a spirit is capable of becoming Brahman.

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Similar verses

Chapter 18, Verse 51