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Chapter 6

Chapter 6 · Verse 37

Dhyana Yoga

ध्यानयोग

अर्जुन उवाच | अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः | अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति ||६-३७||

arjuna uvāca . ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāccalitamānasaḥ . aprāpya yogasaṃsiddhiṃ kāṃ gatiṃ kṛṣṇa gacchati ||6-37||

In plain words

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.

Translation

6.37 Arjuna said If a person, who is possessed of faith but has put in only inadeate effort, finds his mind wandering away from Yoga, and then fails to attain perfection - what way does he go, O Krsna?

Meaning

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

Word by word

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.