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Bhagavad Gita 6.37

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

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

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
arjunaḥ uvāchaarjunaḥ uvāchaArjun said
ayatiḥayatiḥlax
śhraddhayāśhraddhayāwith faith
upetaḥupetaḥpossessed
yogātyogātfrom Yog
chalita-mānasaḥchalita-mānasaḥwhose mind becomes deviated
aprāpyaaprāpyafailing to attain
yoga-sansiddhimyoga-sansiddhimthe highest perfection in yog
kāmkāmwhich
gatimgatimdestination
kṛiṣhṇakṛiṣhṇaShree Krishna
gachchhatigachchhatigoes

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?"

अर्जुन ने कहा -- हे कृष्ण ! जिसका मन योग से चलायमान हो गया है, ऐसा अपूर्ण प्रयत्न वाला (अयति) श्रद्धायुक्त पुरुष योग की सिद्धि को न प्राप्त होकर किस गति को प्राप्त होता है?