Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6, Verse 45
प्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिषः । अनेकजन्मसंसिद्धस्ततो याति परां गतिम्
prayatnādyatamānastu yogī saṃśuddhakilbiṣaḥ | anekajanmasaṃsiddhastato yāti parāṃ gatim
Translation
Verily, a Yogin who strives with assiduity, purified from sins and perfected in the course of many births, then reaches the Supreme Goal.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- prayatnāt
- from (with) perseverance
- yatamānaḥ
- striving
- tu
- indeed
- yogī
- the yogi
- saṃśuddhakilbiṣaḥ
- completely purified, sin, whose, he
- anekajanmasaṃsiddhaḥ
- by many, (by) births, perfected
- tataḥ
- thence
- yāti
- goes
- parām
- to the highest
- gatim
- path
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
In the course of many births he acquires facility in Yoga little by little, and by the aggregate facility thus acquired in many births he is perfected. Then he obtains right knowledge and reaches the Supreme Goal.