Bhagavad Gita 6.33अर्जुन उवाच योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन।एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात् स्थितिं स्थिराम् ॥
arjuna uvācha yo ’yaṁ yogas tvayā proktaḥ sāmyena
madhusūdana etasyāhaṁ na paśhyāmi chañchalatvāt sthitiṁ sthirām
Sanskrit recitation
When the mind will not stay · 6.33–6.47 · Teaching
Translation
Arjuna said, "O Krishna, I do not see how this Yoga of equanimity, which you have taught me, can be maintained steadily, due to the restlessness of the mind."
Hindi translation
अर्जुन बोले -- हे मधुसूदन ! आपने समतापूर्वक जो यह योग कहा है, मनकी चञ्चलताके कारण मैं इस योगकी स्थिर स्थिति नहीं देखता हूँ।
Meaning
As the mind is restless, impetuous and unsteady I find it difficult to practise this Yoga of equanimity declared by Thee. O my Lord, I cannot have steady concentration of the mind, as it wanders here and there in the twinkling of an eye.
After Swami Sivananda
When the mind will not stay· 6.33–6.47→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
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- 6.34The mind is indeed restless, turbulent, strong, and unyielding, O Krishna; I consider it…
- 6.35The Blessed Lord said, "Undoubtedly, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the mind is difficult to…
- 6.36I think Yoga is hard to be attained by one with an uncontrolled self, but the…
- 6.37Arjuna said, "He who is unable to control himself, even though he has faith, and whose…
- 6.38Fallen from both, does he not perish like a rent cloud, supportless, O mighty-armed one,…
- 6.39O Krishna, please completely dispel this doubt of mine, for it is not possible for anyone…
- 6.40The Blessed Lord said, "O Arjuna, neither in this world nor in the next will there be…
- 6.41Having attained to the worlds of the righteous and having dwelt there for everlasting…
- 6.42Or he is born in a family of even the wisest of yogis; verily, such a birth is very…
- 6.43Then he comes into contact with the knowledge acquired in his former body and strives even…
- 6.44By that same former practice, he is borne on in spite of himself. Even he who merely…
- 6.45But the Yogi who strives assiduously, purified of sins and perfected gradually over many…
- 6.46The yogi is thought to be superior to the ascetics, even superior to those who have…
- 6.47And among all the Yogis, he who, full of faith and with his inner self merged in Me,…
Word-by-word→
- na
- do not
- aham
- I
- ayam
- this
- yaḥ
- which
- etasya
- of this
- tvayā
- by you
- sthitim
- situation
- yogaḥ
- system of Yog
- sthirām
- steady
- sāmyena
- by equanimity
- proktaḥ
- described
- paśhyāmi
- see
- madhu-sūdana
- Shree Krishna, the killer of the demon named Madhu
- chañchalatvāt
- due to restlessness
- arjunaḥ uvācha
- Arjun said
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