श्रीभगवान् उवाच
पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस् तस्य विद्यते ॥
न हि कल्याणकृत् कश् चिद् दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति ॥
प्राप्य पुण्यकृतांल् लोकान् उषित्वा शाश्वतीः समाः ॥
शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टो ऽभिजायते ॥
अथ वा योगिनाम् एव कुले भवति धीमताम् ॥
एतद् धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यद् ईदृशम् ॥
तत्र तं बुद्धिसंयोगं लभते पौर्वदेहिकम् ॥
यतते च ततो भूयः संसिद्धौ कुरुनन्दन ॥
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्य् अवशो ऽपि सः ॥
जिज्ञासुर् अपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते ॥
प्रयत्नाद् यतमानस् तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिषः ॥
अनेकजन्मसंसिद्धस् ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥
śrībhagavān uvāca
pārtha naiveha nāmutra vināśas tasya vidyate ||
na hi kalyāṇakṛt kaś cid durgatiṃ tāta gacchati ||
prāpya puṇyakṛtāṃl lokān uṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ ||
śucīnāṃ śrīmatāṃ gehe yogabhraṣṭo 'bhijāyate ||
atha vā yoginām eva kule bhavati dhīmatām ||
etad dhi durlabhataraṃ loke janma yad īdṛśam ||
tatra taṃ buddhisaṃyogaṃ labhate paurvadehikam ||
yatate ca tato bhūyaḥ saṃsiddhau kurunandana ||
pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva hriyate hy avaśo 'pi saḥ ||
jijñāsur api yogasya śabdabrahmātivartate ||
prayatnād yatamānas tu yogī saṃśuddhakilbiṣaḥ ||
anekajanmasaṃsiddhas tato yāti parāṃ gatim ||
The Blessed Lord said: 'O son of Pritha, for him there is no destruction, neither here nor in the world beyond; for no one who does good, dear one, goes to an evil state. Having attained the worlds of the righteous and dwelt there for endless years, one fallen from yoga is born in the house of the pure and prosperous. Or else he is born in a family of wise yogis themselves; such a birth in this world is even harder to obtain. There he regains that connection of the buddhi attained in his former body, and then, O joy of the Kurus, strives once more toward perfection. By that very former practice he is carried along even without willing it; even one who merely wishes to know yoga transcends the Brahman of the word. But the yogi who strives with effort, purified of taint and matured through many births, then goes to the supreme goal.'
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Krishna affirms that spiritual effort is never lost. Even unfinished practice becomes an inner treasure that, in a future life, lifts a person back toward yoga.