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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रहा तथाप्नोति निबोध मे । समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा ॥ ५० ॥
Now Oh Kaunteya, you learn from Me how one who has attained perfection reaches "Brahman" (Eternal). This is that supreme state of knowledge. - 50 Note : Following verses now preserbe what are
mental and physical requirements of medit - ation by one who has followed the instructions
contained in the fore - going verses. बुद्धया विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्यात्मानं नियम्य च । शब्दादीन्विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च ॥ ५१ ।। विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्काय मानसः । ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः ॥ ५२ ॥ अहंकारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम् ।। विमुच्य निर्ममः शान्तो ब्रहाभूयाय कल्पते ॥ ५३ ॥
" (The sadhaka) endowed with pure intellect, controlling the self with firmness, relinquishing sound and other objects and abandoning attraction as well as hatred." 51
___" Dwelling in solitude, spare in his diet, restrained in speech, body and mind ever absorbed in Dhyana yoga (meditation) and
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