Having let go of egotism, the making of an 'I' in the body and the rest; of force, that is, the power joined with desire and passion, not the natural power of the body and the rest, the giving up of which is impossible; of arrogance, arrogance being the temper that follows on elation and is a cause of overstepping the law, for it is remembered that 'the elated man grows arrogant, the arrogant man oversteps the law'; of desire, of anger, of possession, for even when the faults of the senses and mind have been given up, an outer possession may still come to hand on the occasion of sustaining the body or of carrying out a duty; having let go of all these, becoming a wandering ascetic of the highest order, free of the sense of 'mine' even toward the mere keeping alive of the body, and for that very reason at peace, his elation and toil stilled, the man of restraint, settled in knowledge, becomes fit for becoming Brahman. By this sequence.

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Ramanuja's commentary treats verses 18.51 through 18.53 as a single passage; it is given in full at verse 18.51.

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

'He is fit for becoming Brahman': 'becoming Brahman' (brahma-bhuya) is being in Brahman, a standing in Brahman; the sense is that one's mind is on Him always.