BG 2.53

श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला ।
समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि ॥
śruti-vipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā
samādhāv acalā buddhis tadā yogam avāpsyasi

Word-for-word meanings

yadā — when;  te — your;  buddhiḥ — intellect;  vipratipannā — which has been confused;  śruti — by scriptural and worldly opinions;  niścalā — [becoming] unoscillating;  acalā sthāsyati — will remain immovably fixed;  samādhau — in samādhi*, or transcognitive awareness [of Parameśvara];  tadā — then;  avāpsyasi — you will attain;  yogam — the state of yoga.

Translation

When your intellect, which has been confused by conflicting scriptural and worldly opinions, becomes unoscillating and thus immovably fixed in transcognitive awareness [of Parameśvara], then you will attain the state of yoga.

Notes

* The state of the mind when it is unwaveringly fixed on one object in complete absorption.

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