अर्जुन उवाच ।अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः ।अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति ॥
arjuna uvāca |ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāc calitamānasaḥ |aprāpya yogasaṃsiddhiṃ kāṃ gatiṃ kṛṣṇa gacchati ||
- अयतिः · ayatiḥ
- lax, without full striving
- श्रद्धया उपेतः · śraddhayā upetaḥ
- endowed with faith
- योगात् · yogāt
- from yoga
- चलितमानसः · calitamānasaḥ
- with mind wandered
- अप्राप्य · aprāpya
- not attaining
- योगसंसिद्धिम् · yogasaṃsiddhim
- perfection in yoga
- काम् गतिम् · kām gatim
- what goal
- गच्छति · gacchati
- goes to
“Arjuna said: Lax in striving yet full of faith, with mind wandered from yoga, not attaining perfection in yoga — to what goal does he go, O Krishna?”
— Original plain-language translation
Arjuna worries for the sincere failure: faith present, steadiness lost. The question is pastoral, not abstract. Krishna's answer in 6.40-6.45 is famously reassuring.
— Reader's notes (original)