Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

(delusion); and niyamya, controlling, subduing;
atmanam, oneself, the aggregate of body and
organs; dhrtya, with fortitude, with steadlines;
tyaktva, rejecting; visayan, the objects; sabdadin,
beginning from sound -from the context it follows
that 'rejecting the objects' means rejecting all things
which are meant for pleasure and are in excess of
those meant only for the mere maintenance of the
body; and vyudasya, eliminating; raga-dvesau,
attachment and hatred with regard to things which
come to hand for the maintenance of the body-.
Therefore,
18.52 One who resorts to solitude, eats sparingly,
has speech, body and mind under control, to
whom meditation and concentration are ever the
highest (duty), and who is possessed of dispassion;
English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit
Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda
18.52 Vivikta-sevi, one who resorts to solitude, is
habituated to repairing into such solitary places as
a forest, bank of a river, mountain caves, etc.;
laghuasi, eats sparingly, is habituated to eating a
little-repairing to solitary places and eating
sparingly are nentioned here since they are the
causes of tranquillity of mind through the
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