mokṣasaṃnyāsayoga - Verse śloka 51, 52, 53
śloka 51, 52, 53
buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyātmānaṃ niyamya ca |
śabdādīnviṣayāṃstyaktvā rāgadveṣau vyudasya ca ||18-51||
viviktasevī laghvāśī yatavākkāyamānasaḥ |
dhyānayogaparo nityaṃ vairāgyaṃ samupāśritaḥ ||18-52||
ahaṃkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham |
vimucya nirmamaḥ śānto brahmabhūyāya kalpate ||18-53||
Translation
Endowed with purified intellect, exercising self-restraint through fortitude, abandoning sound and other sense-objects, and abandoning attachment and aversion.... Dwelling in solitude, eating modestly (moderate diet), having restrained body, speech and mind, ever engaged in the practice of meditation-Yoga, and taking refuge in dispassion. Abandoning ego, strength, arrogance, desire, anger and possessiveness, free from the sense of 'mine' and peaceful—such a person becomes fit for the attainment of Brahman.