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Shruti-Vipratipanna Te

Gita 2.53 Bhagavad Gita

📖 Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2 — Sankhya Yoga

श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला ।

समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि ॥

Shruti-vipratipanna te yada sthasyati nishchala

Samadhav achala buddhis tada yogam avapsyasi

Word-by-Word Meaning

श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना

confused by conflicting scriptural teachings

ते बुद्धिः

your intellect

यदा

when

स्थास्यति निश्चला

will stand unshaken

समाधौ

in samadhi (deep absorption)

अचला

immovable

तदा

then

योगम् अवाप्स्यसि

you will attain yoga

Explanation in Simple English

Right now, Arjuna's mind is pulled in many directions. Scriptures promise many things — rituals for heaven, duties for honor, sacrifices for prosperity. Which voice should he follow? Krishna says: when your intellect stops swaying between these competing claims and stands absolutely still in samadhi, that is yoga.

This stillness is not stubbornness. A stubborn person clings to one view out of ego. A person in samadhi has passed through all the arguments and arrived at a place of direct knowing. The noise has settled. What remains is clarity — not borrowed from any external voice, but arising from within.

Context and Significance

Shlokas 2.52 and 2.53 form a sequence. In 2.52, the swamp of delusion is crossed. In 2.53, the intellect arrives at its destination — unshakable steadiness in samadhi.

The word shruti here refers to Vedic teachings, which sometimes appear contradictory because different sections prescribe different paths and fruits. Once direct realization dawns, these apparent contradictions dissolve.

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