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6.37Arjuna
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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
अप्राप्य · aprāpya
not attaining
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.

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