Verse

BG.6.36

ध्यानयोग

Chapter 6: The Yoga of Meditation

dhyānayoga

Verses

6.36 असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः। वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः

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Word meanings

asanyata-ātmanāone whose mind is unbridled;yogaḥYog;duṣhprāpaḥdifficult to attain;itithus;memy;matiḥopinion;vaśhya-ātmanāby one whose mind is controlled;tubut;yatatāone who strives;śhakyaḥpossible;avāptumto achieve;upāyataḥby right means

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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

My belief is that attaining Yoga is difficult for a person with an uncontrolled mind; but it is possible to attain by proper means with a subdued self.

Shri Purohit Swami

It is not possible to attain Self-Realisation if a man does not know how to control himself; but for him who, striving by proper means, learns such control, it is possible.

Swami Adidevananda

In my opinion Yoga is hard to attain by a person of unrestrained mind. However, it can be attained through right means by him, who strives for it and has a subdued mind.

Swami Gambirananda

My conviction is that Yoga is difficult to be attained by one of uncontrolled mind. But it is possible to be attained through the (above) means by one who strives and has a controlled mind.

Swami Sivananda

I think that Yoga is hard to be attained by one of uncontrolled self, but the self~controlled and striving one attains to it by the (proper) means.