Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 2 · The Way of Knowledge

    Verse 53

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 2, Verse 53

    श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला। समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि।।2.53।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    śhruti-vipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niśhchalā samādhāv-achalā buddhis tadā yogam avāpsyasi

    Translation

    When your intellect, having been well enlightened by hearing from Me and firmly placed, stands unshaken in a concentrated mind, then you will attain the vision of the Self.
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