Bg. 18.50

Having worshipped Hari by ones prescribed actions, and consequently having attained renunciation of all actions, one attains the level of meditation on ātmā (siddhim) through the mercy of the Lord. By being situated in that process, one realizes ones svarūpa endowed with eight qualities (brahma āpnoti). Please understand this process by which this happens from Me, who will relate it in brief. I will also speak to you about the conclusion of knowledge concerning the Supreme Lord (jṣānasya parā niṣṭhā). Hear that also. Bg 18.51, Bg 18.52, Bg 18.53, Bg 18.51-53 buṬya ivīuṬYaa Yau¢-ae Da*TYaaTMaaNa& iNaYaMYa c ) XaBdadqiNvzYaa&STYa¤-a raGaŪezaE VYaudSYa c )) 51 )) iviv¢-Saevq l/gvaXaq YaTava¡-aYaMaaNaSa" ) DYaaNaYaaeGaParae iNaTYa& vEraGYa& SaMauPaaiī[Ta" )) 52 )) Ahªar& bl&/ dPa| k-aMa& §-aeDa& PairGa]hMa( ) ivMauCYa iNaMaRMa" XaaNTaae b]ø>aUYaaYa k-LPaTae )) 53 )) buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyātmānaṁ niyamya ca śabdādīn viṣayāṁs tyaktvā rāga-dveṣau vyudasya ca vivikta-sevī laghv-āśī yata-vāk-kāya-mānasaḥ dhyāna-yoga-paro nityaṁ vairāgyaṁ samupāśritaḥ ahaṅkāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ parigraham vimucya nirmamaḥ śānto brahma-bhūyāya kalpate buddhyā—with the intelligence; viśuddhayā—fully purified; yuktaḥ—engaged; dhṛtyā—by determination; ātmānam—the self; niyamya—regulating; ca—also; śabda-ādīn—such as sound; viṣayān—the sense objects; tyaktvā—giving up; rāga—attachment; dveṣau—and hatred; vyudasya—laying aside; ca—also; vivikta-sevī—living in a secluded place; laghu-āśī—eating a small quantity; yata—having controlled; vāk—speech; kāya—body; mānasaḥ—and mind; dhyāna-yoga-paraḥ—absorbed in trance; nityam—twenty—four hours a day; vairāgyam—detachment; samupāśritaḥ—having taken shelter of; ahaṅkāram—false ego; balam—false strength; darpam—false pride; kāmam—lust; krodham—anger; parigraham—and acceptance of material things; vimucya—being delivered from; nirmamaḥ—without a sense of proprietorship; śāntaḥ—peaceful; brahma-bhūyāya—for self-realization; kalpate—is qualified. These verses describe the process. Utilizing sāttvika intelligence (viśuddhayā buddhyā) and similar determination (dhṛtyā), restricting the mind (ātmānam niyamya), making it suitable for samādhi, dealing with the collection of sense objects such as sound, rejecting at a distance (vyudasya) attraction and repulsion which are directed to the sense objects, living alone (vivikta sevī), controlling eating (laghvāśī), turning voice, body and mind towards the object of meditation, constantly (nityam) absorbing the mind in thinking of the Lord (dhyāna yoga paraḥ), renouncing all things other than ātmā (vairāgyam), freed from identification with body (ahaṅkāraḥ), freed from the impressons which increases that identification (balam), freed from pride (darpaḥ) which is caused by strenghting the false identity with the body, freed from hankering (kāmaḥ) for enjoyable items which have been taken away by the force of finished prārabdha karmas, freed from anger when ones possessions have been stolen by others, freed from possessing things, which is the action resulting from false identification, freed from worldly connections (nirmamaḥ), one realizes the form of ones ātmā with eight qualities (brahma bhūyāya kalpate). That person is peaceful like an ocean without waves (śantaḥ).