Chapter 6 · The Yoga of Meditation

अर्जुनArjuna speaks

Text 6.36

असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मति: वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायत:

asaṅyatātmanā yogo duṣhprāpa iti me matiḥ vaśhyātmanā tu yatatā śhakyo ’vāptum upāyataḥ

Recitation · Text 6.36
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (12 words)

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Yoga is hard to attain for one whose self is unrestrained — that is My view. But for one who strives, self-controlled, it is possible to reach by the right means. The verse concedes the difficulty and then refuses to let it become an exemption.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The difficulty is conceded, then refused as an exemption.