Bhagwad Gita - Post 72

Verse 36

Asamyataatmanaa yogo

Dushpraapa iti me matih;

Vashyaatmanaa tu yatataa

Shakyo’vaaptumupaayatah.

I think that Yoga is hard to be attained by one of uncontrolled self, but the self~controlled and striving one attains to it by the (proper) means.

Verse 37

Arjuna Uvaacha:

Ayatih shraddhayopeto

Yogaacchalitamaanasah;

Apraapya yogasamsiddhim

Kaam gatim krishna gacchati.

Arjuna said:

He who is unable to control himself though he has the faith, and whose mind wanders away from Yoga, what end does he meet, having failed to attain perfection in Yoga, O Krishna?

Verse 38

Kacchinnobhayavibhrashtash

Cchinnaabhramiva nashyati;

Apratishtho mahaabaaho

Vimoodho brahmanah pathi.

Fallen from both, does he not perish like a rent cloud, supportless, O mighty-armed (Krishna), deluded on the path of Brahman?

Verse 39

Etanme samshayam krishna

Cchettumarhasyasheshatah;

Twadanyah samshayasyaasya

Cchettaa na hyupapadyate.

This doubt of mine, O Krishna, do Thou completely dispel, because it is not possible for any but Thee to dispel this doubt.

Verse 40

Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha:

Paartha naiveha naamutra

Vinaashas tasya vidyate;

Nahi kalyaanakrit kashchid

Durgatim taata gacchati.

The Blessed Lord said:

O Arjuna, neither in this world, nor in the next world is there destruction for him; none, verily, who does good, O My son, ever comes to grief!

Verse 41

Praapya punyakritaam lokaanushitwaa

Shaashwateeh samaah;

Shucheenaam shreemataam gehe

Yogabhrashto’bhijaayate.

Having attained to the worlds of the righteous and, having dwelt there for everlasting years, he who fell from Yoga is reborn in the house of the pure and wealthy.

Verse 42

Athavaa yoginaameva kule

Bhavati dheemataam;

Etaddhi durlabhataram

Loke janma yadeedrisham.

Or he is born in a family of even the wise Yogis; verily a birth like this is very difficult to obtain in this world.

Verse 43

Tatra tam buddhisamyogam

Labhate paurvadehikam;

Yatate cha tato bhooyah

Samsiddhau kurunandana.

There he comes in touch with the knowledge acquired in his former body and strives more than before for perfection, O Arjuna!

Verse 44

Poorvaabhyaasena tenaiva

Hriyate hyavasho’pi sah;

Jijnaasurapi yogasya

Shabdabrahmaativartate.

By that very former practice he is borne on in spite of himself. Even he who merely wishes to know Yoga transcends the Brahmic word.

Verse 45

Prayatnaadyatamaanastu yogee

Samshuddhakilbishah;

Anekajanmasamsiddhas

Tato yaati paraam gatim.

But, the Yogi who strives with assiduity, purified of sins and perfected gradually through many births, reaches the highest goal.

Verse 46

Tapaswibhyo’dhiko yogee

Jnaanibhyo’pi mato’dhikah;

Karmibhyashchaadhiko yogee

Tasmaad yogee bhavaarjuna.

The Yogi is thought to be superior to the ascetics and even superior to men of knowledge (obtained through the study of scriptures); he is also superior to men of action; therefore, be thou a Yogi, O Arjuna!

Verse 47

Yoginaamapi sarveshaam

Madgatenaantaraatmanaa;

Shraddhaavaan bhajate yo maam

Sa me yuktatamo matah.

And among all the Yogis, he who, full of faith and with his inner self merged in Me, worships Me, he is deemed by Me to be the most devout.

Hari Om Tat Sat.

Iti Srimad Bhagavadgeetaasoopanishatsu

Brahmavidyaayaam

Yogashaastre Sri Krishnaarjunasamvaade

Aatmasamyamayogo Naama Shashtho’dhyaayah

Thus, in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the sixth discourse.

Love.