Bhagavad Gita
Atma-samyama-yoga (The Yoga of Self-Control)6.37
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Bhagavad Gita · 6.37
Devanāgarī

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

Transliteration (IAST)

arjuna uvāca |
ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāc calita-mānasaḥ |
aprāpya yoga-saṁsiddhiṁ kāṁ gatiṁ kṛṣṇa gacchati ||

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SanskritIASTMeaning
अर्जुनः उवाचarjunaḥ uvācaArjuna said.
अयतिःayatiḥone who does not strive with sufficient effort, the irresolute.
श्रद्धया उपेतःśraddhayā upetaḥbut endowed (upeta) with faith (śraddhā).
योगात्yogātfrom the path of yoga.
चलितमानसःcalita-mānasaḥone whose mind (manas) has deviated (calita).
अप्राप्यaprāpyanot having attained.
योगसंसिद्धिम्yoga-saṁsiddhimperfection (saṁsiddhi) in yoga.
काम् गतिम्kām gatimwhich position, which fate.
कृष्णkṛṣṇaO Kṛṣṇa!
गच्छतिgacchatihe attains?
Translation

Arjuna said: “O Kṛṣṇa, what is the fate of one who, endowed with faith, has entered the path of yoga but, because of worldly attachment or insufficient effort, has fallen away from it without attaining perfection?”

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