Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6, Verse 37
अर्जुन उवाच । अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः । अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति
arjuna uvāca | ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāccalitamānasaḥ | aprāpya yogasaṃsiddhiṃ kāṃ gatiṃ kṛṣṇa gacchati
Translation
He who strives not, but who is possessed of faith, whose mind wanders away from Yoga — having failed to attain perfection in Yoga, what end, O Kṛṣṇa, does he meet?
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- ayatiḥ
- un-subdued
- śraddhayā
- by (with) faith
- upetaḥ
- endowed
- yogāt
- from yoga
- calitamānasaḥ
- strayed, mind, whose, he
- aprāpya
- not having attained
- yogasaṃsiddhim
- of yoga, perfection
- kām
- to what
- gatim
- path
- kṛṣṇa
- O Kṛṣṇa
- gacchati
- goes (he)
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
He has faith in the efficacy of Yoga but does not strive in the path of Yoga; and during the last moments of life his mind wanders away from Yoga, with memory lost. Having failed to attain the fruition of Yoga — namely, right knowledge — what end does such a man meet?