Chapter II · Śloka 53
श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला |
समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि ||
समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि ||
śruti-vipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā |
samādhāv acalā buddhis tadā yogam avāpsyasi ||
samādhāv acalā buddhis tadā yogam avāpsyasi ||
When your intellect, which has been bewildered by the conflicting testimony of scripture, stands firm and immovable in deep contemplation, then you will attain yoga.
Śruti-vipratipannā: 'tossed about by conflicting scriptural teachings' — an honest acknowledgment that texts give divergent guidance. True yoga is not more erudition but the still point where the intellect no longer oscillates and rests in samādhi.