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Bhagavad Gita · 6.37 · Path of Meditation·37 of 47

अर्जुन उवाच अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसःअप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति

arjuna uvācha ayatiḥ śhraddhayopeto yogāch

chalita-mānasaḥ aprāpya yoga-sansiddhiṁ kāṅ gatiṁ kṛiṣhṇa gachchhati

Sanskrit recitation

When the mind will not stay · 6.33–6.47 · Teaching

Translation

Arjuna said, "He who is unable to control himself, even though he has faith, and whose mind wanders away from Yoga, what end does he meet, having failed to attain perfection in Yoga, O Krishna?"

Meaning

He has faith in the efficacy of Yoga but he is not able to control the senses and the mind. He has no concentration of mind. His mind wanders away when the last breath departs from his body and he loses the memory also. Having failed to achieve perfection in Yoga, i.e., Selfrealisation or the knowledge of the Self, what path will he tread, and what end will such a man,meet

After Swami Sivananda

When the mind will not stay· 6.33–6.47

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
kām
which
gatim
destination
yogāt
from Yog
aprāpya
failing to attain
ayatiḥ
lax
upetaḥ
possessed
gachchhati
goes
śhraddhayā
with faith
kṛiṣhṇa
Shree Krishna
yoga-sansiddhim
the highest perfection in yog
arjunaḥ uvācha
Arjun said
chalita-mānasaḥ
whose mind becomes deviated

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