विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः ।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः ॥
viviktasevī laghvāśī yatavākkāyamānasaḥ |dhyānayogaparo nityaṃ vairāgyaṃ samupāśritaḥ ||
- विविक्तसेवी · viviktasevī
- resorting to solitude
- लघ्वाशी · laghvāśī
- eating lightly
- यतवाक्कायमानसः · yatavākkāyamānasaḥ
- with speech, body, and mind controlled
- ध्यानयोगपरः · dhyānayogaparaḥ
- devoted to meditation-yoga
- नित्यम् · nityam
- constantly
- वैराग्यम् · vairāgyam
- dispassion
- समुपाश्रितः · samupāśritaḥ
- anchored in, established in
“…dwelling in solitude, eating lightly, with speech, body, and mind controlled, ever devoted to meditation, anchored in dispassion…”
— Original plain-language translation
The outer supports of the inner work: quiet place, light diet, guarded speech and body, steady meditation, settled dispassion. Compare 6.10–6.13's meditation seat — the same lifestyle in brief. Householders can read these as regulative ideals, not literal flight.
— Reader's notes (original)