Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: The Path of Understanding

Bhagavad Gita 2.53

श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला । समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि ॥

śrutivipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā | samādhāvacalā buddhistadā yogamavāpsyasi ||

When your understanding, now confused by all you have heard, stands unmoving and steady in concentration, then you will attain yoga.

Modern context

A mind pulled this way and that by conflicting advice has to come to rest before real practice begins. The test of yoga is steadiness: an understanding that stays put when opinions around it change.