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Krishna

18.51 बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्याऽऽत्मानं नियम्य च।शब्दादीन् विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च

buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyā''tmānaṃ niyamya ca | śabdādīn viṣayāṃstyaktvā rāgadveṣau vyudasya ca

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buddhyā—intellect;viśhuddhayā—purified;yuktaḥ—endowed with;dhṛityā—by determination;ātmānam—the intellect;niyamya—restraining;cha—and;śhabda-ādīn viṣhayān—sound and other objects of the senses;tyaktvā—abandoning;rāga-dveṣhau—attachment and aversion;vyudasya—casting aside;cha—and

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

He who has attained a completely pure intellect by firmly controlling his mind and renouncing sense-objects, sound, and driving out desire and hatred;

Shri Purohit Swami

Guided always by pure reason, bravely restraining himself, renouncing the objects of sense and giving up attachment and hatred;

Swami Adidevananda

Endowed by a purified understanding, subduing the mind by steadiness, relinquishing sound and other objects of the senses and casting aside love and hate;

Swami Gambirananda

Being endowed with a pure intellect, and controlling oneself with fortitude, rejecting the objects-beginning from sound [Sound, touch, form and colour, taste and smell.-Tr.], and eliminating attachment and hatred;

Swami Sivananda

Endowed with a pure intellect, controlling the self by firmness, relinquishing sound and other objects and abandoning both hatred and attraction,

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Krishna

18.53 अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम्।विमुच्य निर्ममः शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते

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

Word meanings

ahankāram—egotism;balam—violence;darpam—arrogance;kāmam—desire;krodham—anger;parigraham—selfishness;vimuchya—being freed from;nirmamaḥ—without possessiveness of property;śhāntaḥ—peaceful;brahma-bhūyāya—union with Brahman;kalpate—is fit

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Relinquishing egotism, violence, pride, desire, wrath, and the sense of possession - he, the unselfish and calm one, is capable of becoming the Brahman.

Shri Purohit Swami

Having abandoned selfishness, power, arrogance, anger and desire, possessing nothing of his own and having attained peace, he is fit to join the Eternal Spirit.

Swami Adidevananda

Forsaking egoism, power, pride, desire, wrath and possession, with no feeling of 'mine' and tranquil - he becomes worthy for the state of brahman.

Swami Gambirananda

(That person,) having discarded egotism, force, pride, desire, anger and superfluous possessions, free from the idea of possession, and serene, is fit for becoming Brahman.

Swami Sivananda

Having abandoned egoism, strength, arrogance, anger, desire, and covetousness, free from the notion of “mine” and peaceful,–he is fit for becoming Brahman.

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18.52 विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः

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vivikta-sevī—relishing solitude;laghu-āśhī—eating light;yata—controls;vāk—speech;kāya—body;mānasaḥ—and mind;dhyāna-yoga-paraḥ—engaged in meditation;nityam—always;vairāgyam—dispassion;samupāśhritaḥ—having taken shelter of

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Who enjoys solitude, eats sparingly, has controlled their speech, body, and mind; who is devoted to the practice of meditation and yoga; and who has taken refuge in perpetual desirelessness;

Shri Purohit Swami

Enjoying solitude, abstemiousness, his body, mind and speech under perfect control, absorbed in meditation, he becomes free - always filled with the spirit of renunciation.

Swami Adidevananda

Resorting to solitude, eating but little, restraining speech, body and mind, ever engaged in the Yoga of meditation and taking refuge in dispassion;

Swami Gambirananda

One who resorts to solitude, eats sparingly, has speech, body and mind under control, to whom meditation and concentration are ever the highest (duty), and who is possessed of dispassion;

Swami Sivananda

Dwelling in solitude, eating but little, with speech, body and mind subdued, always engaged in concentration and meditation, taking refuge in dispassion,

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