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Dhyana Yoga · The Yoga of Meditation
Bhagavad Gita 6.37-39
Sanskrit
अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः । अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति ॥6.37॥कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति । अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि ॥6.38॥एतन्मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः । त्वदन्यः संशयस्यास्य छेत्ता न ह्युपपद्यते ॥6.39॥
Transliteration
ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāccalitamānasaḥ | aprāpya yogasaṃsiddhiṃ kāṃ gatiṃ kṛṣṇa gacchati ‖6.37‖ kaccinnobhayavibhraṣṭaśchinnābhramiva naśyati | apratiṣṭho mahābāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi ‖6.38‖ etanme saṃśayaṃ kṛṣṇa chettumarhasyaśeṣataḥ | tvadanyaḥ saṃśayasyāsya chettā na hyupapadyate ‖6.39‖
Meaning
“Arjuna said: One who has faith but insufficient effort, whose mind falls away from yoga without attaining perfection, what way does such a one go, O Krishna? Fallen from both, does one not perish like a riven cloud, supportless, deluded on the path to Brahman? This doubt of mine, O Krishna, please dispel completely; for none but You can destroy this doubt.”
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Theme: The Yoga of Meditation
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