Chapter 18 · The Yoga of Liberation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 18.51

बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्यात्मानं नियम्य च शब्दादीन्विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानस: ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रित: अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम् विमुच्य निर्मम: शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते

buddhyā viśhuddhayā yukto dhṛityātmānaṁ niyamya cha śhabdādīn viṣhayāns tyaktvā rāga-dveṣhau vyudasya cha vivikta-sevī laghv-āśhī yata-vāk-kāya-mānasaḥ dhyāna-yoga-paro nityaṁ vairāgyaṁ samupāśhritaḥ ahankāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ parigraham vimuchya nirmamaḥ śhānto brahma-bhūyāya kalpate

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (33 words)

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Endowed with a purified intellect, restraining the self with firmness, giving up sound and the other objects, and casting away attraction and aversion. The requirements begin with the mind before touching the circumstances.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The requirements begin with the mind before touching the circumstances.