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सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाऽऽप्नोति निबोध मे ।
समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा ॥ ५० ॥
How he who hath attained perfection obtaineth the Eternal, that highest state of wisdom, learn thou from Me only succinctly, O Kaunteya. (50)
बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्याऽऽत्मानं नियस्य च ।
शब्दादीन्विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च ॥ ५१ ॥
United to this Reason,[1] purified, controlling the self by firmness, having abandoned sound and the other objects of the senses, having laid aside passion and malice, (51)
विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः ।
ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः ॥ ५२ ॥
Dwelling in solitude, abstemious, speech, body and mind[2] subdued, constantly fixed in meditation and yoga[3], taking refuge in dispassion, (52)
