Chapter 18, Verse 51
बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्याऽऽत्मानं नियम्य च। शब्दादीन् विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च।।18.51।।
buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyā''tmānaṃ niyamya ca. śabdādīn viṣayāṃstyaktvā rāgadveṣau vyudasya ca..18.51..
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- buddhyā
- with intellect/discernment
- viśuddhayā
- purified, clear
- yukto
- endowed with, united (with)
- dhṛtyā
- with firmness/steadfastness
- ātmānam
- the self/mind
- niyamya
- having restrained/controlled
- ca
- and
- śabdādīn
- sound and other (sense objects), i.e. sound, etc.
- viṣayān
- sense-objects
- tyaktvā
- having abandoned/renounced
- rāgadveṣau
- attachment and aversion (the pair)
- vyudasya
- having cast off/rejected
- ca
- and
Commentary
51. Endued with a pure reason, controlling the self with firmness, abandoning sound and other objects, and laying aside love and hatred ;
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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buddhyā
viśuddhayā
yukto
dhṛtyā
ātmānam
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rāgadveṣau
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