Dwelling in solitude, eating lightly, with speech, body, and mind restrained, ever absorbed in the yoga of meditation, established in detachment —
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The Bhagavad Gita, translated and commentated by S. Radhakrishnan, is one of the most scholarly and accessible English renderings of Hinduism's most beloved scripture — the dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, brings both rigorous intellectual insight and genuine spiritual depth to his translation and notes. This edition is treasured for its ability to illuminate the Gita's universal spiritual teaching across cultural and philosophical boundaries.
- Author
- Krishna
- Tradition
- Hindu
- Source text
- Bhagavad Gita
- Chapter
- Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18
- Verse / page
- BG.18.52
- Topics
- MeditationDetachmentSelf-Discipline
Same theme, different voices
Serve, love, give, purify, meditate, and realize
And don't interfere with forms, meditations, and imaginings, or any kind of reasoning, lest your soul becomes disturbed and loses its contentment and peace, leading to feelings of dislike and aversion.
Knowledge is better than concentration, meditation is better than knowledge, and renouncing the results of our actions is better than meditation. After renunciation comes peace.
Have contentment, work with love, maintain purity of mind and body, practice contemplation, and have faith in the Lord, viewing all with equanimity.
Having reached that state, one finds their haven in the contemplation of Eternal Beauty, and no longer in worldly pleasures.