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Krishna

श्रीभगवानुवाच

6.35 असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलं। अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते

śrī bhagavān uvāca

asaṃśayaṃ mahābāho mano durnigrahaṃ calaṃ | abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate

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asanśhayam—undoubtedly;mahā-bāho—mighty-armed one;manaḥ—the mind;durnigraham—difficult to restrain;chalam—restless;abhyāsena—by practice;tu—but;kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti;vairāgyeṇa—by detachment;cha—and;gṛihyate—can be controlled

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

The Bhagavat said, O mighty-armed one! No doubt, the mind is unsteady and hard to control. But it can be controlled through practice and an attitude of desirelessness, O son of Kunti!

Shri Purohit Swami

Lord Shri Krishna replied: Doubtless, O Mighty One, the mind is fickle and exceedingly difficult to restrain, but, O Son of Kunti, with practice and renunciation it can be done.

Swami Adidevananda

The Lord said The mind is hard to subdue and fickle, no doubt, O mighty-armed one, but , O son of Kunti, by practice and by the exercise of dispassion it can be brought under control.

Swami Gambirananda

The Blessed Lord said O mighty-armed one, undoubtedly the mind is untractable and restless. But, O son of Kunti, it is brought under control through practice and detachment.

Swami Sivananda

Undoubtedly, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the mind is difficult to control and restless; but, by practice and by dispassion it may be restrained!

Arjuna

अर्जुन उवाच

6.37 अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः। अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति

arjuna uvāca

ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāccalitamānasaḥ | aprāpya yogasaṃsiddhiṃ kāṃ gatiṃ kṛṣṇa gacchati

Word meanings

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

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Arjuna said, "A person who has faith and is desirous of reaching the path of the good, but whose mind has been severed from Yoga—to which goal does he go, having failed to attain success in Yoga? O Krsna!"

Shri Purohit Swami

Arjuna asked: He who fails to control himself, whose mind falls from spiritual contemplation, who attains not perfection but retains his faith, what of him, my Lord?

Swami Adidevananda

Arjuna said If a person, who is possessed of faith but has put in only inadequate effort, finds his mind wandering away from Yoga, and then fails to attain perfection - what way does he go, O Krsna?

Swami Gambirananda

Arjuna said O krsna, failing to achieve perfection in Yoga, what goal does one attain who, though possessed of faith, is not diligent and whose mind becomes deflected from Yoga?

Swami Sivananda

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

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

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Word meanings

asanyata-ātmanā—one whose mind is unbridled;yogaḥ—Yog;duṣhprāpaḥ—difficult to attain;iti—thus;me—my;matiḥ—opinion;vaśhya-ātmanā—by one whose mind is controlled;tu—but;yatatā—one who strives;śhakyaḥ—possible;avāptum—to achieve;upāyataḥ—by right means

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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.