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Bhagavad Gita 18.51

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

buddhyā viśhuddhayā yukto dhṛityātmānaṁ niyamya cha śhabdādīn viṣhayāns tyaktvā rāga-dveṣhau vyudasya cha

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
buddhyābuddhyāintellect
viśhuddhayāviśhuddhayāpurified
yuktaḥyuktaḥendowed with
dhṛityādhṛityāby determination
ātmānamātmānamthe intellect
niyamyaniyamyarestraining
chachaand
śhabda-ādīn viṣhayānśhabda-ādīn viṣhayānsound and other objects of the senses
tyaktvātyaktvāabandoning
rāga-dveṣhaurāga-dveṣhauattachment and aversion
vyudasyavyudasyacasting aside
chachaand

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

विशुद्ध बुद्धि से युक्त, धृति से आत्मसंयम कर, शब्दादि विषयों को त्याग कर और राग-द्वेष का परित्याग कर....৷৷৷৷।।