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Chapter 18: Conclusion-The Perfection of Renunciation

Verse 51–53 of 74
Bg 18.51-53

बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्यात्मानं नियम्य च शब्दादीन्विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः अहंकारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम् विमुच्य निर्ममः शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते

buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyātmānaṁ niyamya ca śabdādīn viṣayāṁs tyaktvā rāga-dveṣau vyudasya ca vivikta-sevī laghv-āśī yata-vāk-kāya-mānasaḥ dhyāna-yoga-paro nityaṁ vairāgyaṁ samupāśritaḥ ahaṅkāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ parigraham vimucya nirmamaḥ śānto brahma-bhūyāya kalpate

Synonyms

buddhyāby the intelligence; viśuddhayāfully purified; yuktaḥsuch engagement; dhṛtyādetermination; ātmānamself; niyamyaregulated; caalso; śabdādīnthe sense objects, such as sound, etc.; viṣayānsense objects; tyaktvāgiving up; rāgaattachments; dveṣauhatred; vyudasyahaving laid aside; caalso; vivikta-sevīliving in a secluded place; laghu-āśīeating a small quantity; yata-vākcontrol of speech; kāyabody; mānasaḥcontrol of the mind; dhyāna-yoga-paraḥalways absorbed in trance; nityamtwenty-four hours a day; vairāgyamdetachment; samupāśritaḥtaken shelter of; ahaṅkāramfalse ego; balamfalse strength; darpamfalse pride; kāmamlust; krodhamanger; parigrahamacceptance of material things; vimucyabeing delivered; nirmamaḥwithout proprietorship; śāntaḥpeaceful; brahma-bhūyāyato become self-realized; kalpateis understood..

Translation

Being purified by his intelligence and controlling the mind with determination, giving up the objects of sense gratification, being freed from attachment and hatred, one who lives in a secluded place, who eats little and who controls the body and the tongue, and is always in trance and is detached, who is without false ego, false strength, false pride, lust, anger, and who does not accept material things, such a person is certainly elevated to the position of self-realization.

Purport

When one is purified by knowledge, he keeps himself in the mode of goodness. Thus one becomes the controller of the mind and is always in trance. Because he is not attached to the objects of sense gratification, he does not eat more than what he requires, and he controls the activities of his body and mind. He has no false ego because he does not accept the body as himself. Nor has he a desire to make the body fat and strong by accepting so many material things. Because he has no bodily concept of life, he is not falsely proud. He is satisfied with everything that is offered to him by the grace of the Lord, and he is never angry in the absence of sense gratification. Nor does he endeavor to acquire sense objects. Thus when he is completely free from false ego, he becomes nonattached to all material things, and that is the stage of self-realization of Brahman. That stage is called the brahma-bhūta stage. When one is free from the material conception of life, he becomes peaceful and cannot be agitated.

Verse 51–53 of 74
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