बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्यात्मानं नियम्य च ।शब्दादीन्विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च ॥
buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyātmānaṃ niyamya ca |śabdādīn viṣayāṃs tyaktvā rāgadveṣau vyudasya ca ||
- बुद्ध्या · buddhyā
- with understanding
- विशुद्धया · viśuddhayā
- purified
- युक्तः · yuktaḥ
- joined, disciplined
- धृत्या · dhṛtyā
- with resolve
- आत्मानम् · ātmānam
- the self, oneself
- नियम्य · niyamya
- having restrained
- शब्दादीन् · śabdādīn
- sound and the rest
- विषयान् · viṣayān
- sense-objects
- त्यक्त्वा · tyaktvā
- having relinquished
- रागद्वेषौ · rāgadveṣau
- attraction and aversion
- व्युदस्य · vyudasya
- having cast aside
“Joined with a purified understanding, restraining oneself with resolve, turning from sense-objects like sound, and casting aside attraction and aversion…”
— Original plain-language translation
The first half of a three-verse sentence (18.51–18.53): the method is purification of intellect, firm self-restraint, sensory withdrawal, and dropping likes and dislikes. These repay Chapters 2 and 6 on sense-mastery. The sentence completes in 18.53 with fitness for Brahman.
— Reader's notes (original)