Shloka 53
कर्मयोग–ज्ञानयज्ञ–अवतारोपदेश
Karma-Yoga, Jñāna-Yajña, and Avatāra Instruction
श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना* ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला । समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि
śrutivipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā | samādhāv acalā buddhis tadā yogam avāpsyasi ||
قال سنجيا: حينما يستقرّ عقلك—الذي أوقعته الأصوات المتعارضة لما سمعته في الحيرة—ثابتاً لا يتزعزع، ويمكث غير متحرّك في السَّمادهي العميق، عندئذٍ تنال اليوغا: الاتحاد الدائم مع العليّ الأسمى، لا تهزّه شبهة ولا تشتّت.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
True Yoga is reached when the intellect stops wavering amid conflicting doctrines and becomes firmly established in samādhi—steady, undistracted, and inwardly unified—so that one’s connection with the Supreme is constant rather than occasional.
Sañjaya reports Kṛṣṇa’s instruction to Arjuna on the battlefield context: Arjuna’s mind is unsettled by competing ideas about duty and action, and Kṛṣṇa points to inner steadiness—samādhi and unwavering discernment—as the condition for attaining Yoga.