Chapter 18
THE YOGA OF LIBERATION BY RENUNCIATION
(…continued)
Verse 49
He whose intellect is unattached
everywhere, who has subdued his self, from whom desire has fled— he by
renunciation attains the supreme state of freedom from action.
Verse 50
Learn from Me in brief, O Arjuna, how he
who has attained perfection reaches Brahman, that supreme state of knowledge.
Verse 51
Endowed with a pure intellect,
controlling the self by firmness, relinquishing sound and other objects and
abandoning both hatred and attraction,
Verse 52
Dwelling in solitude, eating but little,
with speech, body and mind subdued, always engaged in concentration and
meditation, taking refuge in dispassion,
Verse 53
Having abandoned egoism, strength,
arrogance, anger, desire, and covetousness, free from the notion of “mine” and
peaceful,—he is fit for becoming Brahman.
Verse 54
Becoming Brahman, serene in the Self, he
neither grieves nor desires; the same to all beings, he attains supreme
devotion unto Me.
Verse 55
By devotion he knows Me in truth, what
and who I am; and knowing Me in truth, he forthwith enters into the Supreme.
Verse 56
Doing all actions always, taking refuge
in Me, by My Grace he obtains the eternal, indestructible state or abode.
Verse 57
Mentally renouncing all actions in Me,
having Me as the highest goal, resorting to the Yoga of discrimination do thou
ever fix thy mind on Me.
Verse 58
Fixing thy mind on Me, thou shalt by My
Grace overcome all obstacles; but if from egoism thou wilt not hear Me, thou
shalt perish.
Verse 59
If, filled with egoism, thou thinkest: “I
will not fight”, vain is this, thy resolve; Nature will compel thee.
Verse 60
O Arjuna, bound by thy own Karma (action)
born of thy own nature, that which from delusion thou wishest not to do, even
that thou shalt do helplessly!
Verse 61
The Lord dwells in the hearts of all
beings, O Arjuna, causing all beings, by His illusive power, to revolve as if
mounted on a machine!
Verse 62
Fly unto Him for refuge with all thy
being, O Arjuna! By His Grace thou shalt obtain supreme peace and the eternal
abode.
Verse 63
Thus has wisdom more secret than secrecy
itself been declared unto thee by Me; having reflected over it fully, then act
thou as thou wishest.
Verse 64
Hear thou again My supreme word, most
secret of all; because thou art dearly beloved of Me, I will tell thee what is
good.
Continued...
Love.
Continued...
Love.
