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Bhagavad Gita · 6.33 · Path of Meditation·33 of 47

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

Sanskrit recitation

When the mind will not stay · 6.33–6.47 · Teaching

Translation

Arjuna said, "O Krishna, I do not see how this Yoga of equanimity, which you have taught me, can be maintained steadily, due to the restlessness of the mind."

Meaning

As the mind is restless, impetuous and unsteady I find it difficult to practise this Yoga of equanimity 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.

After Swami Sivananda

When the mind will not stay· 6.33–6.47→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word→
arjunaḥ uvācha
Arjun said
yaḥ
which
ayam
this
yogaḥ
system of Yog
tvayā
by you
proktaḥ
described
sāmyena
by equanimity
madhu-sūdana
Shree Krishna, the killer of the demon named Madhu
etasya
of this
aham
I
na
do not
paśhyāmi
see
chañchalatvāt
due to restlessness
sthitim
situation
sthirām
steady

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