Chapter 6 · Verse 38 · Dhyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 6.38
Sanskrit
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति। अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।
Transliteration
kachchin nobhaya-vibhraṣhṭaśh chhinnābhram iva naśhyati apratiṣhṭho mahā-bāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi
In plain words
You're afraid you've already failed—that your broken practice, your incomplete turn toward healing, your faltering steps mean you're lost forever. The lesson for you: there is no such thing as a wasted effort toward truth, and you cannot fall away from grace once you've genuinely reached for it. Every sincere attempt, even the shattered ones, is held and counted.
Word by Word
Arjuna's anxiety here is the cry of every sincere seeker: What if I fall? What if my practice breaks apart like a fractured cloud?
Sri Krishna answers with a truth that reorients the entire spiritual path—there is no final failure for one who has truly turned toward God. Even incomplete practice plants seeds that flower across lifetimes.
When doubt clouds your meditation today, remember that every genuine step toward truth is held by grace itself, and no sincere effort is ever wasted.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.38 — BG 6.38
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