Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-18, Slokams - 51,52,&53.

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Monday, November 07, 2022. 06:00. 

Chapter-18.  Moksha-sannyasa-yogam.

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Very important slokams

Read carefully and  understand  well.

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Slokam : 51.

"buddhya   visuddhaya   yuktah   dhrtyatmanam   niyamya   ca,

sabdadin   vishayamstyaktva   ragadveshau   vyudasya   ca."

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Translation :

visuddhaya  buddhya   yuktah   =   away  from  dirts  of  vasanas,   with  the  fully  purified   intelligence;

dhrtya   atmanam   niyamya   ca   =   and  also,  with  regulated  self  determination;

sabdadin   vishayan   tyaktva   =   get riding  of  noise  and  giving  up  attachment  to  sensuous  objects;

raga-dveshau   vyudasya   ca  =    and  also  discarding  desire,  hatred;  

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Slokam :52.

"viviktasevi   laghvasi    yatavakkayamanasah,

dhyanayogaparo   nityam   vairagyam   samupasritah."

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Translation :

viviktasevi   =    living in a secluded place;

laghu  asi   =    eating a small quantity  (  a  person  who  has  controlled, balanced  eating  habits );  

yata-vak-kaya-manasah   =   having  the  practice  of  control in speech,  body  and  mind;

nityam   dhyanayogaparah   =   regularly  engaged  in  brahma  sadhana;

vairagyam   samupasritah   =   taken  in  the  shelter  of  detachment;

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Slokam : 53.

"ahankaram   balam   darpam   kamam   krodham   parigraham,

vimucya   nirmamah   santah    brahmabhuyaya   kalpate."

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Translation :

ahankaram   balam   darpam   =   (false ) ego, ( false ) strength, ( false ) pride;

kamam   krodham   parigraham   =   lust,  anger,  acceptance of material things; 

vimucya   =  discarding  ( all  the  above  said);

nirmamah   santah   =    the  seeker  without ownership and peaceful; 

brahmabhuyaya   kalpate   =   is  said  to  be  eligible  for  realization  of  brahmam.

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Translation : 

Slokam-51, 52, & 53. : "Being purified by his intelligence and controlling the mind with determination, giving up the objects of sense gratification, being freed from attachment and hatred, one who lives in a secluded place, who eats little and who controls the body and the tongue, and is always in trance and is detached, who is without false ego, false strength, false pride, lust, anger, and who does not accept material things, such a person is certainly elevated to the position of self-realization."

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Commentary :

Endued with purified intelligence of a nature secured in sattva guna or mode of goodness, tenacious control of the mind insuring that one's purified intelligence is constant and steady. 

Relinquishing all desires for sense objects and abandoning the ever fickle dualities of likes and dislikes such a one is qualified to realise the brahman or spiritual substratum pervading all existence. 

Such an aspirant will sequester themselves in a pure, remote location such as forest or mountain. 

Restraining speech, the impulses of the mind and the impetus of the body, always devoted to the practice of yoga or facilitating communion with the Supreme Lord which comes from reflection, contemplation and meditation upon the Supreme Lord Krishna constantly striving in this endeavour with firm dispassion so that it remains constant and unbroken. 

Rejecting the egoism of the delusion that one is the doer and controller which gives the illusion that one is free from worldly attachment. 

Rejecting all things superfluous which are inclined to lead one away from spiritual pursuits. 

Rejection of objects of the senses and the desire to enjoy them even if they appear unsolicited. 

Thus one who has steadfastly arrived at this state has become totally tranquil and serene having achieved supreme peace and such a one is qualified to realise the brahman.

Buddhi is spiritual intelligence the consciousness which exclusively focuses on the atma. Manas refers to the mind, senses and body which acting in such a way discourages desires for sense gratification and encourages reflection on the Supreme Lord. 

Vairagyam-samipasritah means renouncing the objects which the senses hanker for and indifference to mundane pursuits. 

It is while chasing such pursuits that occasionally friendship or enmity transpires so ceasing from these pursuits would free one from raga-dveshau attraction and repulsion. 

Vivikta-sevi is seeking solitude in remote places aloof from disturbances to meditation. 

Moderation in eating and sleeping. 

Dhyana- yoga means internally performing continuous bhakti or exclusive loving devotional service unto the Supreme Lord Krishna or any of His avatars or incarnations and expansions as authorised in Vedic scriptures. 

Gradually increasing aversion towards anything that is not connected to the atma or immortal soul and the Supreme Lord. 

Ahankaram is egoistic conceptions that considers the body to be all in all and cannot discern that they are not their physical body. 

Balam is lust for power, darpan is vain conceit which is derived from it and nirmanam is the notion one possesses what is not one's own. 

Santah is tranquillity peacefulness, the serenity of bliss acquired by constant reflection and meditation upon the Supreme Lord qualifies one to achieve realisation of the brahman or spiritual substratum pervading all existence and and achieving moksa or liberation from material existence attains atma tattva or soul realisation and enters into the bliss of communion with the Supreme Lord.

Lord Krishna explains that one endowed with spiritually purified intelligence is naturally predominated with sattva guna the mode of goodness. 

The classification of higher and lower living entities is determined by the degree in which the mind is controlled and the senses are restrained. 

The mind is controlled by not indulging in positive or negative thoughts and illusory conceptions and the control of the senses is neutrality towards them without aversion or attraction towards their objects. 

By living in pure and remote place, exercising a light, vegetarian diet, moderation of speech, mind and body, three times daily meditating on the spiritual master and the Supreme Lord morning, noon and evening in full dispassion, completely eradicating all egoism and conceptions that one is the physical body. 

Lack of craving bodily sense gratification and soliciting pleasure of the senses, absence of amassing excessive possessions and freedom from mental disturbances bestows the tranquillity and peace of mind to qualify an aspirant to realise the brahman or spiritual substratum pervading all existence which is transcendental to material nature and situated on the spiritual platform is pure and impeccable without any defect or blemish.

Lord Krishna is stating that by imbibing and actualising these attributes one assumes the nature of brahman the spiritual substratum pervading all existence.

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To be continued

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