2.53 No longer pulled about Krishna speaks
श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला
समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि
śhruti-vipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niśhchalā
samādhāv-achalā buddhis tadā yogam avāpsyasi
When your understanding, no longer pulled about by scripture, stands still and steady in itself — then you will have reached yoga.
Explanation
No longer pulled about.
When the understanding stands still and steady in itself, then you will have reached yoga.
The section that began at 2.39 closes here, and the marker of arrival is entirely internal — nothing about conduct, nothing about knowledge. Just a mind that has stopped being moved.
Word by word
- śhruti-vipratipannā
- not allured by the fruitive sections of the Vedas
- te
- your
- yadā
- when
- sthāsyati
- remains
- niśhchalā
- steadfast
- samādhau
- in divine consciousness
- achalā
- steadfast
- buddhiḥ
- intellect
- tadā
- at that time
- yogam
- Yog
- avāpsyasi
- you will attain
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