Chapter 6 · Verse 33

Path of Meditation

अर्जुन उवाच योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन। एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात् स्थितिं स्थिराम्

arjuna uvācha yo ’yaṁ yogas tvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana etasyāhaṁ na paśhyāmi chañchalatvāt sthitiṁ sthirām

Word Meanings

arjunaḥ uvācha yaḥ ayam yogaḥ tvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhu-sūdana etasya aham na paśhyāmi chañchalatvāt sthitim sthirām

Translation

Arjuna said: O Madhusudana, this yoga of equanimity that You have described — I do not see how it can endure steadily, for the mind is so restless.

Commentary

यः which? अयम् this? योगः Yoga? त्वया by Thee? प्रोक्तः taught? साम्येन by eanimity? मधुसूदन O slayer of Madhu? एतस्य its? अहम् I? न not? पश्यामि see? चञ्चलत्वात् from restlessness? स्थितिम् continuance? स्थिराम् steady.Commentary As the mind is restless? impetuous and unsteady I find it difficult to practise this Yoga of eanimity declared by Thee. O my Lord? I cannot have steady concentration of the mind? as it wanders here and there in the twinkling of an eye.