अर्जुन उवाच ।योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन ।एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात्स्थितिं स्थिराम् ॥
arjuna uvāca |yo 'yaṃ yogas tvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana |etasyāhaṃ na paśyāmi cañcalatvāt sthitiṃ sthirām ||
- अर्जुन उवाच · arjuna uvāca
- Arjuna said
- योगः · yogaḥ
- yoga
- प्रोक्तः · proktaḥ
- taught
- साम्येन · sāmyena
- by evenness
- मधुसूदन · madhusūdana
- O Madhusudana
- चञ्चलत्वात् · cañcalatvāt
- due to restlessness
- स्थितिम् · sthitim
- steadiness
- स्थिराम् · sthirām
- stable
“Arjuna said: This yoga of evenness taught by you, O Madhusudana — I do not see its stable continuance, because of restlessness.”
— Original plain-language translation
Arjuna voices the practitioner's honest doubt after the high vision of 6.29-6.32. Theory shines; the mind wobbles. His objection opens the famous dialogue on taming the mind.
— Reader's notes (original)