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Chapter 6 · Verse 37 · Dhyana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 6.37

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Sanskrit

अर्जुन उवाच अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः। अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति।।6.37।।

Transliteration

arjuna uvācha ayatiḥ śhraddhayopeto yogāch chalita-mānasaḥ aprāpya yoga-sansiddhiṁ kāṅ gatiṁ kṛiṣhṇa gachchhati

Word by Word

arjunaḥ uvācha Arjun said
ayatiḥ lax
śhraddhayā with faith
upetaḥ possessed
yogāt from Yog
chalita-mānasaḥ whose mind becomes deviated
aprāpya failing to attain
yoga-sansiddhim the highest perfection in yog
kām which
gatim destination
kṛiṣhṇa Shree Krishna
gachchhati goes
Simplified Perspective

Arjuna asks the question that lives in every seeker's heart: what happens to one who begins the path with genuine faith, yet the mind wavers and dedication falters? This is not a question of judgment, but of mercy — Krishna will reveal that sincerity itself is never wasted, that every effort toward the Self plants seeds that bloom across lifetimes.

For us today, this verse dissolves the perfectionism that keeps us from beginning: you need not fear the incompleteness of your practice, only the incompleteness of your honest effort.

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Bhagavad Gita 6.37 — BG 6.37

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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