SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 51<\/a><\/p>\n vivikthasEvI laghvASI yathavAkkAyamAnasa: |<\/em> vivikthasEvI – being in a secluded place (where there are no hurdles for dhyAna) … being in a secluded place (where there are no hurdles for dhyAna), with a light diet, engaging the mind, speech and action in dhyAna, practicing dhyAna yOga everyday until the end, nurturing detachment (in matters unrelated to AthmA) …<\/p>\n ‘With solitude selected; on light diet living; in speech, body and will governed; to Dhy\u0101na-Yoga ever devoted, to dispassion wedded;’<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 Verse 53<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 51 SlOkam \u2013 Original vivikthasEvI laghvASI yathavAkkAyamAnasa: | dhyAnayOgaparO nithyam vairAgyam samupASritha: || word-by-word meaning vivikthasEvI – being in a secluded place (where there are no hurdles for dhyAna) laghvASI – with a light diet yatha vAk kAya mAnasa: … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-18","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16868,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7036\/revisions\/16868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n dhyAnayOgaparO nithyam vairAgyam samupASritha: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nlaghvASI – with a light diet
\nyatha vAk kAya mAnasa: – engaging the mind, speech and body in dhyAna
\nnithyam dhyAna yOga para: – practicing dhyAna yOga everyday until the end
\nvairAgyam samupASritha: – nurturing detachment (in matters unrelated to AthmA)<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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