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कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति। अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।

kachchin nobhaya-vibhraṣhṭaśh chhinnābhram iva naśhyati apratiṣhṭho mahā-bāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 6, Verse 38
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Fallen from both, does he not perish like a rent cloud, supportless, O mighty-armed one, deluded on the path of Brahman?

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: Arjuna extends the worry further, does such a person perish like a dispersed cloud, having fallen from both worldly success and spiritual attainment, without any foundation, expressing the fear as bluntly as possible.

In life: the fear of having tried and failed at self-improvement, ending up worse off than if you'd never tried at all, is genuinely common and rarely spoken aloud.

Teaching: name this specific fear to yourself plainly if you're carrying it, the Gita takes it seriously enough to answer it directly rather than dismissing it.

kachchitwhether
nanot
ubhayaboth
vibhraṣhṭaḥdeviated from
chhinnabroken
abhramcloud
ivalike
naśhyatiperishes
apratiṣhṭhaḥwithout any support
mahā-bāhomighty-armed Krishna
vimūḍhaḥbewildered
brahmaṇaḥof God-realization
pathione on the path

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
6.38 कच्चित् is it that न not? उभयविभ्रष्टः fallen from both? छिन्नाभ्रम् rent cloud? इव like? नश्यति perishes? अप्रतिष्ठः supportless? महाबाहो O mightyarmed? विमूढः deluded? ब्रह्मणः of Brahman? पथि in the path.Commentary Both the path of Karma or the path of ritualistic activity in accordance with the Karma Kanda of the Vedas on the one hand and the path of Yoga on the other.Path of Brahman the path by which Brahman can be reached or the way that leads to Brahman.The Yoga taught by the Lord here demands onepointed devotion to its practice. The aspirant turns away from the world and spurns heaven? too. Some people held that if he failed to attain the goal? he would have lost everything for nothing. Hence the estion.