Verse 18.51
बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्यात्मानं नियम्य च ।
शब्दादीन्विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च ॥
Transliteration
buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyātmānaṃ niyamya ca |
śabdādīnviṣayāṃstyaktvā rāgadveṣau vyudasya ca ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
Endowed with a pure intellect, controlling the self by firmness, relinishing sound and other objects and abandoning attraction and hatred.
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Endowed with a purified understanding, restraining himself with steadiness, setting aside sound and the other sense objects, casting off attraction and aversion,
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
The description of the final stages begins. The seeker is endowed with purified understanding, restrains himself with steadiness (dhṛti), sets aside sound and other sense objects, and casts off attraction and aversion. The sentence continues over the next two verses. These are not new teachings but a gathering of disciplines described earlier, now presented as steps toward the highest state. The emphasis is on inner purification and freedom from likes and dislikes.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08