Chapter 2 · Verse 53 · Sankhya Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 2.53
Sanskrit
श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला। समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि।।2.53।।
Transliteration
śhruti-vipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niśhchalā samādhāv-achalā buddhis tadā yogam avāpsyasi
In plain words
You are exhausted from chasing—chasing the right answer, the perfect outcome, the thing that will finally fix this. Krishna says: the moment you stop bargaining with life and simply show up to what is actually here, you find the peace you've been searching for. That shift from grasping to presence is not something you achieve. It's something you allow.
हिंदी अर्थ
जब तुम्हारी बुद्धि सभी शास्त्रों की विभिन्न बातों से व्यथित होकर भी दृढ़ और निश्चल हो जाएगी, तब तुम योग को प्राप्त कर लोगे। अर्थात्, जब तुम्हारा मन सभी बातों पर ध्यान दिए बिना केवल परमात्मा में स्थिर हो जाएगा, तो तुम सच्चे योग को पा लोगे।
Word by Word
When your intellect no longer chases the endless promises of ritual and worldly gain—when it rests steady in the pure consciousness of the present moment—then yoga arrives, not as achievement but as recognition of what you already are. The Vedas themselves point beyond their own words to this silent knowing.
In your meditation practice today, notice: are you still bargaining with the universe for outcomes, or have you surrendered into simple presence?
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