Bhagavad Gita 6.45प्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिषः।अनेकजन्मसंसिद्धस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥
prayatnād yatamānas tu yogī
sanśhuddha-kilbiṣhaḥ aneka-janma-sansiddhas tato yāti parāṁ gatim
Sanskrit recitation
When the mind will not stay · 6.33–6.47 · Teaching
Translation
But the Yogi who strives assiduously, purified of sins and perfected gradually over many births, reaches the highest goal.
Hindi translation
परन्तु जो योगी प्रयत्नपूर्वक यत्न करता है और जिसके पाप नष्ट हो गये हैं तथा जो अनेक जन्मोंसे सिद्ध हुआ है, वह योगी फिर परमगतिको प्राप्त हो जाता है।
Meaning
He gains experiences little by little in the course of many births and eventually attains to perfection. Then he gets the knowledge of the Self and attains to the final beatitude of life.
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.
- 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→
- tu
- and
- aneka
- after many, many
- gatim
- path
- janma
- births
- yogī
- a yogi
- yāti
- attains
- parām
- the highest
- tataḥ
- then
- prayatnāt
- with great effort
- sanśhuddha
- purified
- sansiddhaḥ
- attain perfection
- yatamānaḥ
- endeavoring
- kilbiṣhaḥ
- from material desires
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