Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 18.52

Sanskrit

विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः।।18.52।।

vivikta-sevī laghv-āśhī yata-vāk-kāya-mānasaḥ dhyāna-yoga-paro nityaṁ vairāgyaṁ samupāśhritaḥ

Meaning

Master your focus and discipline: eat mindfully, speak purposefully, control impulses, and meditate daily. This builds the mental clarity leaders need for wise decisions.

Translation

One who resorts to solitude, eats sparingly, has control over their speech, body, and mind, for whom meditation and concentration are ever the highest duty, and who is possessed of dispassion;

Related Topics

This verse relates to the following principles from the Bhagavad Geeta: