Bhagavad-Gita Chapter 18, Verse 51

[Bhagavad Gita Slokas]

	Chapter 18: Conclusion -- The Perfection of Renunciation
	Verse: 51 Verses 51-53 buddhya visuddhaya yukto dhrityatmanam niyamya ca sabdadin vishayams tyaktva raga-dveshau vyudasya ca vivikta-sevi laghv-asi yata-vak-kaya-manasah dhyana-yoga-paro nityam vairagyam samupasritah ahankaram balam darpam kamam krodham parigraham vimucya nirmamah santo brahma-bhuyaya kalpate

Translation:
Being purified by his intelligence and controlling the mind with determination, giving up the objects of sense gratification, being freed from attachment and hatred, one who lives in a secluded place, who eats little, who controls his body, mind and power of speech, who is always in trance and who is detached, free from false ego, false strength, false pride, lust, anger, and acceptance of material things, free from false proprietorship, and peaceful -- such a person is certainly elevated to the position of self-realization.

Explanation:
Srila Prabhupada explains, "When one is purified by intelligence, he keeps himself in the mode of goodness. Thus one becomes the controller of the mind and is always in trance. He is not attached to the objects of sense gratification, and he is free from attachment and hatred in his activities. Such a detached person naturally prefers to live in a secluded place, he does not eat more than what he requires, and he controls the activities of his body and mind. He has no false ego because he does not accept the body as himself. Nor has he a desire to make the body fat and strong by accepting so many material things. Because he has no bodily concept of life, he is not falsely proud. He is satisfied with everything that is offered to him by the grace of the Lord, and he is never angry in the absence of sense gratification. Nor does he endeavor to acquire sense objects. Thus when he is completely free from false ego, he becomes non attached to all material things, and that is the stage of self-realization of Brahman. That stage is called the brahma-bhuta stage."

With the cessation of ignorance characterized by freedom from ahankara, price, lust, anger and possessions, there is also the cessation of sattva guna. This is the achievement of jnana samnyasa, giving up jnana itself. This means that without the cessation of both ignorance and knowledge (ajnana and jnana), there can be no attainment of brahman realization. Being freed from all these, it is possible to realize Brahman.

Please read the Sanskrit Verse and the Prabhupada's Purport.

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