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 ||
三阇耶说：当你的理解——曾因所闻诸说纷纭相违而迷乱——得以安住，坚定不动，并在深定（三摩地）中不再摇摆之时，你便将证得瑜伽：与至上者恒常相应之合一，不为疑惑与散乱所动。
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.