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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 52

Liberation Through Surrender

विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः

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

What does Bhagavad Gita 18.52 mean?

Resorting to solitude, eating lightly, with speech, body, and mind restrained, ever devoted to the yoga of meditation, and having taken refuge in dispassion—

Word-by-word meaning

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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