Bhagavad Gita 2.53श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला।समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि ॥
śhruti-vipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati
niśhchalā samādhāv-achalā buddhis tadā yogam avāpsyasi
Sanskrit recitation
Act without clinging to the fruit · 2.47–2.53 · Teaching
Translation
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.
Hindi translation
जिस कालमें शास्त्रीय मतभेदोंसे विचलित हुई तेरी बुद्धि निश्चल हो जायगी और परमात्मामें अचल हो जायगी, उस कालमें तू योगको प्राप्त हो जायगा।
Meaning
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).
After Swami Sivananda
Act without clinging to the fruit· 2.47–2.53→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 2.47Your right is only to work, but not to its results; do not let the results of action be…
- 2.48Perform action, O Arjuna, being steadfast in Yoga, abandoning attachment and balanced in…
- 2.49Far lower than the Yoga of wisdom is action, O Arjuna. Seek thou refuge in wisdom;…
- 2.50Endowed with wisdom and evenness of mind, one casts off in this life both good and evil…
- 2.51The wise, possessing knowledge, having abandoned the fruits of their actions, and being…
- 2.52When your intellect passes beyond the mire of delusion, then you will attain indifference…
2.53When your intellect, which is perplexed by the Vedic texts you have read, stands immovable…
Word-by-word→
- te
- your
- tadā
- at that time
- yadā
- when
- yogam
- Yog
- achalā
- steadfast
- buddhiḥ
- intellect
- samādhau
- in divine consciousness
- avāpsyasi
- you will attain
- sthāsyati
- remains
- niśhchalā
- steadfast
- śhruti-vipratipannā
- not allured by the fruitive sections of the Vedas
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