“Samatvam Yoga Uchyate” declares Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita (II.48), defining yoga as equanimity — a disciplined evenness of mind maintained amidst the dualities of life. This teaching reframes yoga not merely as a set of practices, but as a mode of being in which attachment to outcomes is relinquished while action continues with clarity and purpose. By remaining balanced in success and failure alike, the practitioner transcends the fluctuations that ordinarily condition experience. Samatva thus represents a central philosophical insight: that inner steadiness, rather than external circumstance, is the true measure of yoga.
“Samatvam Yoga Uchyate” declares Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita (II.48), defining yoga as equanimity — a disciplined evenness of mind maintained amidst the dualities of life. This teaching reframes yoga not merely as a set of practices, but as a mode of being in which attachment to outcomes is relinquished while action continues with clarity and purpose. By remaining balanced in success and failure alike, the practitioner transcends the fluctuations that ordinarily condition experience. Samatva thus represents a central philosophical insight: that inner steadiness, rather than external circumstance, is the true measure of yoga.