Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6, Verse 33
अर्जुन उवाच । योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन । एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात्स्थितिं स्थिराम्
arjuna uvāca | yo'yaṃ yogastvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana | etasyāhaṃ na paśyāmi cañcalatvātsthitiṃ sthirām
Translation
This Yoga in equanimity, taught by Thee, O Destroyer of Madhu — I see not its steady continuance, because of the restlessness (of the mind).
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- yaḥ
- which
- ayam
- this
- yogaḥ
- yoga
- tvayā
- by thee
- proktaḥ
- declared
- sāmyena
- by equality
- madhusūdana
- O slayer of Madhu
- etasya
- of this
- aham
- I
- na
- not
- paśyāmi
- see
- cañcalatvāt
- from restlessness
- sthitim
- stability
- sthirām
- firm
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Arjuna voices the practical difficulty of maintaining mental equanimity given how restless the mind is.