Gita Verse 18.51

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 51

Sanskrit Verse

बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्याऽऽत्मानं नियम्य च। शब्दादीन् विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च।।18.51।।

Transliteration

buddhyā viśhuddhayā yukto dhṛityātmānaṁ niyamya cha

śhabdādīn viṣhayāns tyaktvā rāga-dveṣhau vyudasya cha

Word meanings

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;

Swami Sivananda's translation

Endowed with a pure intellect, controlling the self through firmness, relinquishing sound and other objects and abandoning attraction and hatred.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18