Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 18.51
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 18.51 · 18 · Verse 51
Sanskrit Original
।।18.51।। --,बुद्ध्या अध्यवसायलक्षणया विशुद्धया मायारहितया युक्तः संपन्नः? धृत्या धैर्येण आत्मानं कार्यकरणसंघातं नियम्य च नियमनं कृत्वा वशीकृत्य? शब्दादीन् शब्दः आदिः येषां तान् विषयान् त्यक्त्वा? सामर्थ्यात् शरीरस्थितिमात्रहेतुभूतान् केवलान् मुक्त्वा ततः अधिकान् सुखार्थान् त्यक्त्वा इत्यर्थः? शरीरस्थित्यर्थत्वेन प्राप्तेषु रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च परित्यज्य च।।ततः --,
18.51 Yuktah, being endowed; buddhya, with an intellect-which is identical with the faculty of determination; visuddhaya, pure, free from maya (delusion); and niyamya, controlling, subduing; atmanam, oneself, the aggregate of body and organs; dhrtya, with fortitude, with steadlines; tyaktva, rejecting; visayan, the objects; sabdadin, beginning from sound -from the context it follows that 'rejecting the objects' means rejecting all things which are meant for pleasure and are in excess of those meant only for the mere maintenance of the body; and vyudasya, eliminating; raga-dvesau, attachment and hatred with regard to things which come to hand for the maintenance of the body-. Therefore,