Bhagavad-gītā 18.51
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बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्याऽऽत्मानं नियम्य च।शब्दादीन् विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च।।18.51।।
buddhyā viśhuddhayā yukto dhṛityātmānaṁ niyamya cha śhabdādīn viṣhayāns tyaktvā rāga-dveṣhau vyudasya cha
Endued with a pure intellect, subduing the body and the senses with fortitude, relinquishing sound and such other sense-objects, abandoning attraction and hatred;
English rendering by Swami Swarupananda. Public domain first edition, 1909.
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| Sanskrit form | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| 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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Original school explanation. Written independently from the Sanskrit word map. It is not a quotation, translation, or summary of a named modern commentary. Chapter lens: Follow the great recapitulation through renunciation, action, knowledge, duty, devotion, refuge and Sañjaya’s conclusion.
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Endued with a pure intellect, subduing the body and the senses with fortitude, relinquishing sound and such other sense-objects, abandoning attraction and hatred
- 2
buddhyā: intellect
- 3
cha: and
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