Bhagavad Gita 2.53
Chapter 2, verse 53
Meaning
Your understanding is pulled this way and that by everything you have been told. When it stops being tossed about and rests, unshaken, in deep steadiness, you will have reached yoga.
The Sanskrit
श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला ।
समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि ॥ ५३ ॥
śrutivipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā
samādhāv acalā buddhis tadā yogam avāpsyasi
Say it
shroo-ti-vi-pruh-ti-pun-naa tay yuh-daa sthaa-syuh-ti nish-chuh-laa
suh-maa-dhaa-vuh-chuh-laa bud-dhis-tuh-daa yo-guh-muh-vaap-syuh-si
Word by word
- śruti-vipratipannā
- bewildered by what it has heard (conflicting teachings)
- te buddhiḥ
- your understanding
- yadā sthāsyati niścalā
- when it stands unmoving
- samādhau acalā
- unshaken, settled in deep steadiness
- tadā yogam avāpsyasi
- then you will reach yoga
Read it in context: verses 2.53–56What does a steady mind look like?With the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Steady is not the same as numb
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.53 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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