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Chapter 6

Chapter 6 · Verse 33

Dhyana Yoga

ध्यानयोग

अर्जुन उवाच | योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन | एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात्स्थितिं स्थिराम् ||६-३३||

arjuna uvāca . yo.ayaṃ yogastvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana . etasyāhaṃ na paśyāmi cañcalatvātsthitiṃ sthirām ||6-33||

In plain words

As the mind is restless impetuous and unsteady I find it difficult to practise this Yoga of eanimity declared by Thee. O my Lord. I cannot have steady concentration of the mind as it wanders here and there in the twinkling of an eye.

Translation

6.33 Arjuna said This Yoga of eality, which has been declared by You, O Krsna, I do not see that it can be steady because of the fickleness of the mind.

Meaning

As the mind is restless impetuous and unsteady I find it difficult to practise this Yoga of eanimity declared by Thee. O my Lord. I cannot have steady concentration of the mind as it wanders here and there in the twinkling of an eye.

Word by word

यः which अयम् this योगः Yoga त्वया by Thee प्रोक्तः taught साम्येन by eanimity मधुसूदन O slayer of Madhu एतस्य its अहम् I न not पश्यामि see चञ्चलत्वात् from restlessness स्थितिम् continuance स्थिराम् steady.