Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 51
Chapter 18
Verse 52 of 78
Verse 53
Verse 18.52
विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः। ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः ॥18.52॥
18.52 viviktasevī laghvāśī yatavākkāyamānasaḥ dhyānayogaparo nityaṃ vairāgyaṃ samupāśritaḥ
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Dwelling in a solitary place, eating lightly, with speech, body, and mind controlled, Constantly engaged in the discipline of meditation (dhyānayoga), resorting to dispassion (vairāgya);

Stoller MillerLiterary

Observing solitude, barely eating, restraining speech, body, and mind; practicing discipline in meditation, cultivating dispassion;

ZaehnerJesuit

(52) let him live apart, eat lightly, restrain speech, body, and mind; let him practice meditation constantly, let him cultivate dispassion;

GambhiranandaAdvaita

18.52 One who resorts to solitude, eats sparingly, has speech, body and mind under control, to whom meditation and concentration are ever the highest (duty), and who is possessed of dispassion;

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

18.52 Resorting to solitude, eating but little, restraining speech, body and mind, ever engaged in the Yoga of meditation and taking refuge in dispassion;

SivanandaVedanta

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

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 51
Chapter 18
Verse 52 of 78
Verse 53