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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 51

Liberation Through Surrender

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

buddhyā viśhuddhayā yukto dhṛityātmānaṁ niyamya cha śhabdādīn viṣhayāns tyaktvā rāga-dveṣhau vyudasya cha

What does Bhagavad Gita 18.51 mean?

Endowed with a purified intellect, restraining oneself with firmness, relinquishing the objects of the senses beginning with sound, and casting aside attachment and hatred;

Word-by-word meaning

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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