Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]When the intellect, distracted by the conflicting injunctions of the scriptures, shall stand steady in samādhi and remain immovable — then thou shalt attain yoga.
BG 2.53
श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला । समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि ॥
śruti-vipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā | samādhāv acalā buddhis tadā yogam avāpsyasi ||
"When your mind — shaken by conflicting teachings — stands still in samādhi: that is yoga attained."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]When thy understanding, tossed about by conflicting scriptures, shall stand unshakeable in samādhi, firm and unmoved — then shalt thou attain to yoga.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]When thy understanding, perplexed by scripture, stands immovable and firm in samādhi, then shalt thou attain to right discernment, then to yoga.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]When standing unmoved amid the strife Of these conflicting texts, thy stead-fast mind Gives true light — then, O Prince! thine eyes have seen; Then art thou come to Yog — to right, to truth!
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]When thy understanding, which is bewildered by the Vedic texts, will stand steady and unmoved in samādhi — then thou wilt achieve yoga.