Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 8, Verse 27
नैते सृती पार्थ जानन्योगी मुह्यति कश्चन । तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु योगयुक्तो भवार्जुन
naite sṛtī pārtha jānanyogī muhyati kaścana | tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu yogayukto bhavārjuna
Translation
Knowing these paths, O son of Pṛthā, no Yogin is deluded: wherefore at all times be steadfast in Yoga, O Arjuna.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- na
- not
- ete
- these
- sṛtī
- (two) paths
- pārtha
- O Pārtha
- jānan
- knowing
- yogī
- the yogi
- muhyati
- is perplexed
- kaścana
- any one
- tasmāt
- therefore
- sarveṣu
- in all
- kāleṣu
- (in) times
- yogayuktaḥ
- with yoga, balanced
- bhava
- be
- arjuna
- O Arjuna
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
The Yogin who knows that one of the two foregoing paths leads to saṃsāra and that the other leads to mokṣa is no longer deluded. As the Yogin includes the Path of Light in his Meditation, he will not regard the other path as the one he should resort to.