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Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga · Speaker: Krishna

Bhagavad Gita 2.53: Shrutivipratipanna te yada

Krishna says that Arjuna's understanding is now confused by the many teachings he has heard, and that when it becomes steady and unmoving in samadhi, he will reach yoga.

Bhagavad Gita 2.53

श्रु­ति­वि­प्र­ति­प­न्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला ।समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा यो­ग­म­वा­प्स्य­सि ॥

Shru­ti­vip­ra­ti­pan­na te yada sthasyati nishchala
Sa­ma­dha­va­cha­la bud­dhis­ta­da yo­ga­ma­vaps­ya­si

śru­ti­vip­ra­ti­pan­nā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā |
sa­mā­dhā­va­ca­lā bud­dhis­ta­dā yo­ga­ma­vāps­ya­si ||

Our meaning Krishna says that Arjuna's understanding is now confused by the many teachings he has heard, and that when it becomes steady and unmoving in samadhi, he will reach yoga.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि अभी अर्जुन की बुद्धि तरह-तरह की बातें सुनकर भ्रमित है, और जब वह समाधि में अचल और स्थिर हो जाएगी, तब वे योग को प्राप्त करेंगे।

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  1. श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना śrutivipratipannā confused by what it has heard (compound (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. śruti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1101, col. 2 hearing, listening ; vi-pratipanna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 975, col. 2 perplexed, confounded, uncertain
  2. ते te your (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 base of the 2nd personal pron.
  3. यदा yadā when (indeclinable) Dictionary: yadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 1 when, at what time, whenever
  4. स्थास्यति sthāsyati will stand (future, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. sthā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1262, col. 2 to stand, stand firmly, station one's self
  5. निश्चला niścalā unmoving (adjective (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: niś-cala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 542, col. 3 motionless, immovable, fixed, steady, invariable, unchangeable
  6. समाधौ samādhau in samadhi (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: sam-ādhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1159, col. 3 concentration of the thoughts
  7. अचला acalā steady (adjective (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: a-cala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 8, col. 3 not moving, immovable
  8. बुद्धिः buddhiḥ understanding (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: buddhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 733, col. 3 intelligence, reason, intellect, mind, discernment, judgment
  9. तदा tadā then (indeclinable) Dictionary: tadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 3 at that time, then, in that case
  10. योगम् yogam yoga (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: yoga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 856, col. 2 the act of yoking, joining, attaching
  11. अवाप्स्यसि avāpsyasi you will attain (future, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: avāp, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 107, col. 1 to reach, attain, obtain, gain, get

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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 49.

When your mind, confounded by what you have heard1, will stand firm and steady in contemplation2, then will you acquire devotion.

  1. I. e. about the means for the acquisition of various desired things. ↩
  2. I. e. of the soul (Saṅkara), of the supreme Being (Srîdhara). Substantially they both mean the same thing. ↩
English translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882); public domain. archive.org (page 49, scan leaf n62). Shown verbatim.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 49.

When your mind, confounded by what you have heard1, will stand firm and steady in contemplation2, then will you acquire devotion.

  1. I. e. about the means for the acquisition of various desired things. ↩
  2. I. e. of the soul (Saṅkara), of the supreme Being (Srîdhara). Substantially they both mean the same thing. ↩
English translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882); public domain. archive.org (page 49, scan leaf n62). Shown verbatim.

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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 34–35.

When thy Buddhi, bewildered by the Shruti, shall stand immovable, fixed in contemplation, then shalt thou attain to Yoga1.

  1. To union with Âtmâ, the SELF; Yoga, or union, means harmony with the Divine Will. The word translated contemplation is, as before, Sâmâdhi. ↩
English translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895); public domain. archive.org (page 34–35, scan leaf n40–n41). Shown verbatim.

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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 52.

When thy intellect,—tossed about by the conflict of opinions—has become firmly established in the Self, then thou shalt attain Self-realisation.

English translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909); public domain. archive.org (page 52, scan leaf n65). Shown verbatim.

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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep with AI help and reviewed. Source and changes

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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 2 (Sankhya Yoga).

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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep with AI help and reviewed. See the source

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Sanskrit text
The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
Translation
The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
Translation
The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
Sanskrit text
Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Used only to date the text. The Devanagari on this page is a reading text and is not copied from this printing.
Common wording
In this text, 32 words follow today's common wording, checked against sanskritdocuments.org; Sanskrit Wikisource; Gita Press, Gorakhpur; GRETIL, Göttingen and Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.
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