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

asaṅyatātmanā yogo duṣhprāpa iti me matiḥ vaśhyātmanā tu yatatā śhakyo ’vāptum upāyataḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 6, Verse 36
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
I think Yoga is hard to be attained by one with an uncontrolled self, but the self-controlled and striving one can attain it by the appropriate means.

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Why: yoga is difficult to attain for one without self-control, but achievable through the right effort and a disciplined mind, again tying attainability specifically to effort and self-mastery rather than luck or special ability.

In life: people sometimes assume others who've achieved a calm, disciplined life were simply born that way, when it's usually a track record of sustained effort instead.

Teaching: stop assuming someone else's discipline is just natural talent you lack, ask instead what sustained effort they've actually put in that you haven't yet matched.

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

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
6.36 असंयतात्मना by a man of uncontrolled self? योगः Yoga? दुष्प्रापः hard to attain? इति thus? मे My? मतिः opinion? वश्यात्मना by the selfcontrolled one? तु but? यतता by the striving one? शक्यः possible? अवाप्तुम् to obtain? उपायतः by (proper) means.Commentary Uncontrolled self he who has not controlled the senses and the mind by the constant practice of dispassion and meditation. Selfcontrolled he who has controlled the mind by the constant practice of dispassion and meditation. He can attain Selfrealisation by the right means and constant endeavour.