18.52 विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः
vivikta
Word meanings
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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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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;
Enjoying solitude, abstemiousness, his body, mind and speech under perfect control, absorbed in meditation, he becomes free - always filled with the spirit of renunciation.
Resorting to solitude, eating but little, restraining speech, body and mind, ever engaged in the Yoga of meditation and taking refuge in dispassion;
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;
Dwelling in solitude, eating but little, with speech, body and mind subdued, always engaged in concentration and meditation, taking refuge in dispassion,
18.54 ब्रह्मभूतः प्रसन्नात्मा न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।समः सर्वेषु भूतेषु मद्भक्तिं लभते पराम्
brahma
Word meanings
brahma-bhūtaḥ—one situated in Brahman;prasanna-ātmā—mentally serene;na—neither;śhochati—grieving;na—nor;kāṅkṣhati—desiring;samaḥ—equitably disposed;sarveṣhu—toward all;bhūteṣhu—living beings;mat-bhaktim—devotion to me;labhate—attains;parām—supreme
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Having become the Brahman, the serene-minded one neither grieves nor rejoices; remaining equal to all beings, he gains the highest devotion to Me.
And when he becomes one with the Eternal, and his soul knows the bliss that belongs to the Self, he feels no desire and no regret, he regards all beings equally and enjoys the blessing of supreme devotion to Me.
Having realised the state of Brahman, tranquil, he neither grieves nor craves. Regarding all beings alike, he attains supreme devotion to Me.
One who has become Brahman and has attained the blissful Self does not grieve or desire. Becoming the same towards all beings, he attains supreme devotion to Me.
Becoming Brahman, serene in the Self, he neither grieves nor desires; the same to all beings, he attains supreme devotion unto Me.
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मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 18: Free Yourself Through Renunciation
mokṣasaṃnyāsayoga
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18.53 अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम्।विमुच्य निर्ममः शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते
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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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Relinquishing egotism, violence, pride, desire, wrath, and the sense of possession - he, the unselfish and calm one, is capable of becoming the Brahman.
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.
Forsaking egoism, power, pride, desire, wrath and possession, with no feeling of 'mine' and tranquil - he becomes worthy for the state of brahman.
(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.
Having abandoned egoism, strength, arrogance, anger, desire, and covetousness, free from the notion of “mine” and peaceful,–he is fit for becoming Brahman.
