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अर्जुन उवाच अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः। अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति।।6.37।।

arjuna uvācha ayatiḥ śhraddhayopeto yogāch chalita-mānasaḥ aprāpya yoga-sansiddhiṁ kāṅ gatiṁ kṛiṣhṇa gachchhati

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 6, Verse 37
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Arjuna said, "He who is unable to control himself, even though he has 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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Why: Arjuna asks what happens to someone with faith who starts the path of yoga but fails to complete it due to an unsteady mind, whether their effort is entirely wasted, voicing a very real fear about abandoned attempts at self-improvement.

In life: most people have at least one meditation app, gym membership, or half-finished course representing an attempt that didn't stick, and quietly wonder if it counted for anything.

Teaching: notice this exact fear the next time you consider a partially abandoned effort as a total waste, this verse exists specifically to answer that fear directly.

arjunaḥ uvāchaArjun said
ayatiḥlax
śhraddhayāwith faith
upetaḥpossessed
yogātfrom Yog
chalita-mānasaḥwhose mind becomes deviated
aprāpyafailing to attain
yoga-sansiddhimthe highest perfection in yog
kāmwhich
gatimdestination
kṛiṣhṇaShree Krishna
gachchhatigoes

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
6.37 अयतिः uncontrolled? श्रद्धया by faith? उपेतः possessed? योगात् from Yoga? चलितमानसः one whose mind wanders away? अप्राप्य not having attained? योगसंसिद्धिम् perfection in Yoga? काम् which? गतिम् end? कृष्ण O Krishna? गच्छति meets.Commentary He has faith in the efficacy of Yoga but he is not able to control the senses and the mind. He has no concentration of mind. His mind wanders away when the last breath departs from his body and he loses the memory also. Having failed to achieve perfection in Yoga? i.e.? Selfrealisation or the knowledge of the Self? what path will he tread? and what end will such a man,meet