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18.52 Solitude, and eating lightly Krishna speaks

विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः
ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः

vivikta-sevī laghv-āśhī yata-vāk-kāya-mānasaḥ
dhyāna-yoga-paro nityaṁ vairāgyaṁ samupāśhritaḥ

keeping to solitude, eating lightly, restrained in speech, body and mind, always intent on meditation, taking refuge in dispassion;

Explanation

Solitude, and eating lightly.

Restrained in speech, body and mind, always intent on meditation, taking refuge in dispassion.

Chapter 6's furniture returns without the furniture. And eating lightly is the same moderation 6.16 insisted on — the Gita's asceticism is always measured rather than heroic.

Word by word

vivikta-sevī
relishing solitude
laghu-āśhī
eating light
yata
controls
vāk
speech
kāya
body
mānasaḥ
and mind
dhyāna-yoga-paraḥ
engaged in meditation
nityam
always
vairāgyam
dispassion
samupāśhritaḥ
having taken shelter of