Chapter 2 Overview
Verse 2.53
श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला। समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि।।2.53।।
śhruti-vipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niśhchalā samādhāv-achalā buddhis tadā yogam avāpsyasi
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 2, Verse 53
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
When your intellect, which is perplexed by the Vedic texts you have read, stands immovable and steady in the Self, then you will attain Self-realization.
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Why: an intellect confused by competing scriptures finally standing unmoved in the Self suggests certainty comes from settling somewhere contradictions stop mattering, not from resolving every one of them.
In life: you'll never fully reconcile every conflicting piece of advice you receive.
Teaching: stop waiting for every contradiction to be resolved before you feel settled. Find the steadier ground underneath the noise instead.
śhruti-vipratipannānot allured by the fruitive sections of the Vedas
teyour
yadāwhen
sthāsyatiremains
niśhchalāsteadfast
samādhauin divine consciousness
achalāsteadfast
buddhiḥintellect
tadāat that time
yogamYog
avāpsyasiyou will attain
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
2.53 श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना perplexed by what hast heard? ते thy? यदा when? स्थास्यति shall stand? निश्चला immovable? समाधौ in the Self? अचला steady? बुद्धिः intellect? तदा then? योगम् Selfrealisation? अवाप्स्यसि (thou) shalt attain.Commentary When your intellect which is tossed about by the conflict of opinions regarding the Pravritti Marga (the path of action) and the Nivritti Marga (the path of retirement or renunciation) has become immovable without distraction and doubt and firmly established in the Self? then thou shalt attain Selfrealisation or knowledge of the Self (AtmaJnana).