Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 52

Contents

1 विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानस: |
2 ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रित: || 52||
3 भावार्थ:
4 Translation

विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानस: |

ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रित: || 52||

vivikta-sevī laghv-āśhī yata-vāk-kāya-mānasaḥ
dhyāna-yoga-paro nityaṁ vairāgyaṁ samupāśhritaḥ

भावार्थ:

इंद्रियों का संयम करके मन, वाणी और शरीर को वश में कर लेने वाला, राग-द्वेष को सर्वथा नष्ट करके भलीभाँति दृढ़ वैराग्य का आश्रय लेने

Translation

Dwelling in solitude, eating but little, with speech, body and mind subdued, always engaged in meditation and concentration, resorting to dispassion.

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya’s Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

18.52 Vivikta-sevi, one who resorts to solitude, is habituated to repairing into such solitary places as a forest, bank of a river, mountain caves, etc.; laghuasi, eats sparingly, is habituated to eating a little-repairing to solitary places and eating sparingly are nentioned here since they are the causes of tranillity of mind through the elimination of defects like sleep etc.-; the person steadfast in Knowledge, yata-vak-kaya-manasah, who has speech, body and mind under control. Having all his organs withdrawn thus, dhyana-yoga-parah nityam, one to whom meditation and concentration are ever the highest (duty)-meditation is thinking of the real nature of the Self, and concentration is making the mind one-pointed with regard to the Self itself; one to whom these meditation and concentration are the highest (duty) is dhyana-yoga-parah-. Nityam, (ever) is used to indicate the absence of other duties like repetition of mantra [A formula of prayer sacred to any deity.-V.S.A.] etc.
Samupasritah, one who is fully possessed, i.e. ever possessed; of vairagyam, dispassion, absence of longing for objects seen or unseen-.