[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 6.24.53 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.24.53 Mahābhārata 6.24.53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.24.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.53) śrutivipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā | samādhāvacalā buddhistadā yogamavāpsyasi || 53 || > When thy mind, distracted (now) by what thou hast heard (about the means of acquiring the diverse objects of life), will be firmly and immovably fixed on contemplation, then wilt thou attain to devotion.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 6.24.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.52) - [Next: 6.24.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.54) - [Up: 6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24) ## Translations (2) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.26.5.6) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.2.53) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.53) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.26.53) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.26.53) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.2.53) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.2.53) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.53) · Pramāṇa