6.36 असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः। वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः
asaṃyat
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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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
6.38 कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति। अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि
kacci
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ubhaya—both;vibhraṣhṭaḥ—deviated from;chhinna—broken;abhram—cloud;iva—like;naśhyati—perishes;apratiṣhṭhaḥ—without any support;mahā-bāho—mighty-armed Krishna;vimūḍhaḥ—bewildered;brahmaṇaḥ—of God-realization;pathi—one on the path
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Does he, fallen from both, get lost like a broken cloud? Or, O mighty-armed one! Having no support, does he meet total destruction?
Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?
Without any support, confused in the path leading to the Brahman, and thus fallen from both, does he not perish, O mighty armed, like a riven cloud?
O Mighty-armed one, fallen from both, without support, deluded on the path to Brahman, does he not get ruined like a scattered cloud?
Fallen from both, does he not perish like a rent cloud, supportless, O mighty-armed (Krishna), deluded on the path of Brahman?
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ध्यानयोग
Chapter 6: The Yoga of Meditation
dhyānayoga
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6.37 अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः। अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति
arjuna uvāca
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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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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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!"
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?
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?
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?
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?
