Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 52

विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः । ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः

viviktasevī laghvāśī yatavākkāyamānasaḥ | dhyānayogaparo nityaṃ vairāgyaṃ samupāśritaḥ

Translation

Resorting to a sequestered spot, eating but little, speech and body and mind subdued, always engaged in meditation and concentration, endued with dispassion;

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

viviktasevī

solitude, serves, thus

laghvāśī

little, eats, thus

yatavākkāyamānasaḥ

controlled, speech, and, body, and, mind, and, whose, he

dhyānayogaparaḥ

meditation, and, yoga, and, supreme, whose, he

nityam

always

vairāgyam

dispassion

samupāśritaḥ

taking refuge in

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Resorting, etc.: ever accustomed to resort to such sequestered spots as a jungle, the sandbank of a river, the mountain-cave. Eating but little: as conducive to the serenity of thought by keeping off sleep and such other evils. He should also restrain his speech, body and mind. With all the senses thus quieted, he should always and devoutly practise Dhyāna or meditation upon the nature of the Self, and Yoga or concentration of the mind on the Self. Dispassion: absence of desire for visible and invisible objects.