बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्याऽऽत्मानं नियम्य च ।शब्दादीन् विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च ॥
buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyā''tmānaṃ niyamya ca |śabdādīn viṣayāṃstyaktvā rāgadveṣau vyudasya ca ||
Endowed with a purified intellect, restraining the self with steadiness, giving up sound and the other objects of the senses, and setting aside attraction and aversion…
Explanation
Krishna is describing to Arjuna how a person who has reached perfection attains Brahman, the highest reality; the description begins here and runs on through the next two verses. This verse lists the first qualities: a clear intellect (buddhi), firm self-control (dhṛti), turning away from sense objects such as sound, and letting go of attraction (rāga) and aversion (dveṣa). Traditions differ on whether 'giving up' sense objects means outward renunciation or freedom from craving for them, and the verse itself does not settle this.