BG 18.52
... resorting to solitude, eating sparingly, restraining the speech, body, and mind, fully engaged in the practice of yoga and meditation, taking refuge in dispassion, ...
ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः
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vivikta-sevī — relishing solitude
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vivikta
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sevī
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laghv-āśhī — eating moderately
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laghv
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āśhī
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yata-vāk-kāya-mānasaḥ — control of speech, body, and mind
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yata — control
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vāk — speech
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kāya — body
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mānasaḥ — and mind
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dhyāna-yoga-paro — engaged in meditation
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dhyāna
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yoga
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paro
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nityaṁ — always
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vairāgyaṁ — dispassion
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samupāśhritaḥ — having taken shelter of
I will now tell you how one who has reached perfection finds the eternal Brahman - a supreme state of knowledge. Guided by a pure intellect, subdued by steadiness, renouncing all objects of the senses and casting aside both love and hatred, resorting to solitude, eating sparingly, restraining the speech, body, and mind, fully engaged in the practice of yoga and meditation, taking refuge in dispassion, 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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