Bhagavad Gita 6.38कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि ॥
kachchin nobhaya-vibhraṣhṭaśh chhinnābhram iva
naśhyati apratiṣhṭho mahā-bāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi
Sanskrit recitation
When the mind will not stay · 6.33–6.47 · Teaching
Translation
Fallen from both, does he not perish like a rent cloud, supportless, O mighty-armed one, deluded on the path of Brahman?
Hindi translation
हे महाबाहो ! संसारके आश्रयसे रहित और परमात्मप्राप्तिके मार्गमें मोहित अर्थात् विचलित -- इस तरह दोनों ओरसे भ्रष्ट हुआ साधक क्या छिन्न-भिन्न बादलकी तरह नष्ट तो नहीं हो जाता ?
Meaning
Both the path of Karma or the path of ritualistic activity in accordance with the Karma Kanda of the Vedas on the one hand and the path of Yoga on the other.Path of Brahman the path by which Brahman can be reached or the way that leads to Brahman.The Yoga taught by the Lord here demands onepointed devotion to its practice. The aspirant turns away from the world and spurns heaven, too. Some people held that if he failed to attain the goal, he would have lost everything for nothing. Hence the question.
Traditional commentary
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.
- 6.33Arjuna said, "O Krishna, I do not see how this Yoga of equanimity, which you have taught…
- 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
- not
- iva
- like
- pathi
- one on the path
- abhram
- cloud
- ubhaya
- both
- chhinna
- broken
- kachchit
- whether
- naśhyati
- perishes
- mahā-bāho
- mighty-armed Krishna
- brahmaṇaḥ
- of God-realization
- vimūḍhaḥ
- bewildered
- vibhraṣhṭaḥ
- deviated from
- apratiṣhṭhaḥ
- without any support
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