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Bhagavad Gita 6.33

अर्जुन उवाच योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन। एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात् स्थितिं स्थिराम्।।

arjuna uvācha yo ’yaṁ yogas tvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana etasyāhaṁ na paśhyāmi chañchalatvāt sthitiṁ sthirām

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
arjunaḥ uvāchaarjunaḥ uvāchaArjun said
yaḥyaḥwhich
ayamayamthis
yogaḥyogaḥsystem of Yog
tvayātvayāby you
proktaḥproktaḥdescribed
sāmyenasāmyenaby equanimity
madhu-sūdanamadhu-sūdanaShree Krishna, the killer of the demon named Madhu
etasyaetasyaof this
ahamahamI
nanado not
paśhyāmipaśhyāmisee
chañchalatvātchañchalatvātdue to restlessness
sthitimsthitimsituation
sthirāmsthirāmsteady

Arjuna said, "O Krishna, I do not see how this Yoga of equanimity, which you have taught me, can be maintained steadily, due to the restlessness of the mind."

अर्जुन ने कहा --  हे मधुसूदन ! जो यह साम्य योग आपने कहा, मैं मन के चंचल होने से इसकी चिरस्थायी स्थिति को नहीं देखता हूं।।