Bhagavad Gita
Atma-samyama-yoga (The Yoga of Self-Control)6.33
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Bhagavad Gita · 6.33
Devanāgarī

अर्जुन उवाच ।
योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन ।
एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात्स्थितिं स्थिराम् ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

arjuna uvāca |
yo 'yaṁ yogas tvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana |
etasyāhaṁ na paśyāmi cañcalatvāt sthitiṁ sthirām ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अर्जुनः उवाचarjunaḥ uvācaArjuna said.
यः अयम् योगःyaḥ ayam yogaḥthis yoga.
त्वयाtvayāby You.
प्रोक्तःproktaḥwhich was expounded.
साम्येनsāmyena[which is attained] by equanimity (sāmya).
मधुसूदनmadhusūdanaO Madhusūdana!
एतस्यetasyaof it [this yoga].
अहम्ahamI.
न पश्यामिna paśyāmiI do not see, I cannot conceive.
चञ्चलत्वात्cañcalatvātbecause of the restlessness [of the mind].
स्थितिम्sthitimthe position, the state.
स्थिराम्sthirāmstable, lasting.
Translation

Arjuna said: “O Madhusūdana, the yoga You have described, which is attained through equanimity of mind, — I do not see a stable foundation for it, because of the restless nature of the mind.”

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