Chapter 6 · Verse 37 · Dhyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 6.37
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
In plain words
You started with real sincerity, and now your mind is scattered—maybe you've lost the thread of what you were reaching for, or you're angry at yourself for not holding on. The lesson for you: the moment you began with genuine faith was not wasted, and it will not be lost. Every honest attempt to find your way, even the ones that crumbled, is building something true in you that you cannot yet see.
Word by Word
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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