Bhagavad Gita BG 2.53
Chapter 2, Verse 53 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला । समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि ॥ ५३ ॥
śruti-vipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā samādhāv acalā buddhis tadā yogam avāpsyasi
Meaning
When your mind is no longer disturbed by the flowery language of the Vedas, and when it remains fixed in the trance of self-realisation, then you will have attained the divine consciousness.
Understanding
The culmination of Buddhi Yoga in practice. 'Śruti-vipratipannā' — previously bewildered/pulled in different directions by Vedic injunctions (the many prescriptions of the karma-kāṇḍa). When the intelligence becomes 'niścalā' (unmoved, steady) and 'acalā' (unshakeable) in 'samādhi' (deep meditative absorption in the self) — then 'yogam avāpsyasi' — you will have attained Yoga. This is the goal: steady, unshakeable absorption in the true self.
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना | śruti-vipratipannā | previously bewildered/pulled by Vedic injunctions |
| निश्चला | niścalā | unmoved / unagitated / steady |
| समाधौ | samādhau | in samadhi / in meditative absorption |
| अचला | acalā | unshakeable / not moving |
| बुद्धिः | buddhiḥ | intelligence / wisdom |
| योगम् अवाप्स्यसि | yogam avāpsyasi | you will attain yoga / you will achieve yoga |
| यदा | yadā | when / at the time when |
| ते | te | your (intelligence / mind) |
| स्थास्यति | sthāsyati | will remain fixed / will stand firm |
| तदा | tadā | then / at that time |