Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13, Verse 10

मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी । विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि

mayi cānanyayogena bhaktiravyabhicāriṇī | viviktadeśasevitvamaratirjanasaṃsadi

Translation

Unflinching devotion to Me in Yoga of non-separation, resort to solitary places, distaste for the society of men;

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

mayi

in Me

ca

and

ananyayogena

by yoga, without another (object)

bhaktiḥ

devotion

avyabhicāriṇī

unstraying

viviktadeśasevitvam

of lonely places, resort

aratiḥ

absence of pleasure

janasaṃsadi

of men, in the crowd

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Yoga of non-separation (apṛthak-samādhi): a steady unflinching meditation on the One with the idea that there is no Being higher than the Lord, Vāsudeva, and that therefore He is our sole Refuge. Solitary places: which are naturally free, or made free, from impurities, as also from fear of serpents, thieves and tigers: such as a jungle, the sandbank of a river, the temple of a God. It is in solitude that the mind becomes calm; so meditation of the Self is possible only in a solitary place. Society of men: of the ordinary unenlightened and undisciplined people, not of the enlightened and disciplined men, because the society of these latter is an aid to knowledge.