Chapter 6: Dhyāna Yoga – Yoga through Meditation and Contemplation: Verse 37
अर्जुन उवाच ।
अयति: श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानस: ।
अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति ॥
arjuna uvāca
ayati: śraddhayopeto yogāccalita-mānasa:
aprāpya yoga-saṃsiddhiṃ kāṃ gatiṃ kṛṣṇa gacchati – 6.37
In spite of having faith, if one is not able to control his mind from wandering, and fails to attain yoga, O Krishna, what will be his fate?
Chapter 6: Dhyāna Yoga – Yoga through Meditation and Contemplation - Verse 37
Ma Gurupriya
Arjuna’s enquiry is quite natural, sudden, but appropriate. Both he and Krishna had agreed that s¡mya-yoga is hard to practise, because of mind’s desultoriness. Naturally one is more likely to fail in fulfilling its pursuit. What if that happens?
To seek earnestly is one thing. To complete and fulfil the pursuit without let or hindrance is altogether different.
What if an earnest seeker picks up yoga with all enthusiasm and pursues it vigorously, but somehow is not able to pursue the effort with the required resolve. May be some adverse factors interfere, and the practice suffers, cannot be continued. What happens to the effort already made? Will it all be lost, or will it have its proportionate effect? What further, if any, is the possibility?
