Chapter 6: Dhyāna Yoga – Yoga through Meditation and Contemplation: Verse 45
प्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिष: ।
अनेकजन्मसंसिद्धस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥
prayatnād-yatamānas-tu yogī saṃśuddha-kilbiṣa:
aneka-janma-saṃsiddhas-tato yāti parāṃ gatim – 6.45
The yogic seeker, by dint of his untiring assiduous efforts, washes away all his blemishes and becomes pure. Thus by the perfection gained over many lives, he attains the supreme goal.
Chapter 6: Dhyāna Yoga – Yoga through Meditation and Contemplation - Verse 45
Ma Gurupriya
Spiritual striving is lifelong, and its effect marvellous – as a small percentage of infinity is also infinity.
As Krishna stressed the uniqueness of yoga (6.19,23), he confirms that the yogic practitioner need have no doubt at all. Anyone’s life follows and is backed by many earlier ones spread over a long period. But attainment or fulfilment is always in one birth. This is the evident part to be relied upon. All the rest is to be disregarded as inexperiential and doubtful.
Arjuna’s doubt is whether a failed practitioner will have his fruition any time. Krishna assures that he will undoubtedly have, and explains how it happens. In fact, the effect of true yogic effort is instantaneous, a point Krishna has stressed and explained variously (2.50,6.22,23). Arjuna’s doubt is thus irrelevant, redundant.
Krishna’s explanation is for the doubting minds. As an answer, this is most effective.
