Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 50 (BG 18.50)

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सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे |
समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा ||१८-५०||

siddhiṃ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me . samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣṭhā jñānasya yā parā ||18-50||

Learn from Me in brief, O Arjuna, how he who has attained perfection reaches Brahman (the Eternal), that supreme state of knowledge.

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Krishna says: "Let Me tell you briefly, Arjuna, how a person who has achieved this perfection goes on to reach the infinite — the highest state of knowledge."

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सिद्धिम्perfectionप्राप्तःattainedयथाasब्रह्मBrahman (the Eternal)तथाsoआप्नोतिobtainsनिबोधlearnमेof Meसमासेनin briefएवevenकौन्तेयO son of Kuntiनिष्ठाstateज्ञानस्यof knowledgeयाor

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Contemporary scholarly and practical interpretations for modern seekers.

Swami Sivananda

18.50 सिद्धिम् perfection? प्राप्तः attained? यथा as? ब्रह्म Brahman (the Eternal)? तथा so? आप्नोति obtains? निबोध learn? मे of Me? समासेन in brief? एव even? कौन्तेय O son of Kunti? निष्ठा state? ज्ञानस्य of knowledge? या or? परा highest.Commentary When a man has the good fortune to hear the words of wisdom from a teacher? dualism and egoism vanish and his mind rests in union with the Supreme Being. The need for action no longer exists for such a man. Nothing further remains for him to do. He has become a Kritakritya (a man of total fulfilment? or one who has done all that there is to be done).The aspirant obtains the grace of the Lord by worshipping Hims with his proper duty. The Lord gives him dispassion? discrimination? devotion to knowledge. The Lord removes his veil of ignorance. To these ever harmonious? worshipping in love? I give the Yoga of discrimination by which they come unto Me. Out of My mere compassion for them? I? dwelling within their Self? destroy the darkness born of ignorance by the luminous lamp of knowledge. (X.10and11)The perfection is JnanaNishtha or devotion to knowledge by which he attains Selfrealisation or becomes identical with the Supreme Being when the veil of ignorance is rent asunder. The way to the attainment of this devotion to knowledge will be described only in a succint manner. The process or method of Selfrealisation will be described only in brief in the following verses.The actual technie has to be learnt direct from a Guna.

Swami Chinmayananda

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Swami Chinmayananda

In the previous verse, the goal of actionless perfection was indicated. Now begins the discussion of that spiritual practice through whose cultivation one can attain firm steadfastness in the nature of the Supreme Self. In this verse, a prelude to the subjects to be expounded further is presented. By "the person who has attained perfection" is meant that seeker who has purified the inner instrument through the practice of their own dharma. Such a seeker alone becomes worthy of attaining Brahman. The verses that follow remind us of the characteristics of the person of steady wisdom, whose description was given in the second chapter of the Gita. The detailed discussion of meditation practice has already been undertaken in the sixth chapter. Therefore, here only a brief description will be given. Lord Sri Krishna now speaks further.

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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 50 (BG 18.50) — Meaning, Translation & Commentary

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