Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 35
Chapter 6
Verse 36 of 47
Verse 37
Verse 6.36
असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः। वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः ॥6.36॥
6.36 asaṃyatātmanā yogo duṣprāpa iti me matiḥ vaśyātmanā tu yatatā śakyo ‘vāptum upāyataḥ
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

For one whose self is unrestrained, discipline (yoga) is difficult to attain; this is my opinion. But by one whose self is controlled, who strives, it is possible to attain through proper means.

Stoller MillerLiterary

In my view, discipline eludes the unrestrained self, but if he strives to master himself, a man has the means to reach it.

ZaehnerJesuit

(36) Hard to come by is this integrated state (yoga) by one whose self is not restrained; this [too] I think; but a man who strives, his self controlled, can win it if he but use [the appropriate] means.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

6.36 My conviction is that Yoga is difficult to be attained by one of uncontrolled mind. But it is possible to be attained through the (above) means by one who strives and has a controlled mind.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

6.36 In my opinion Yoga is hard to attain by a person of unrestrained mind. However, it can be attained through right means by him, who strives for it and has a subdued mind.

SivanandaVedanta

6.36 I think Yoga is hard to be attained by one of uncontrolled self, but the self-controlled and striving one can attain to it by the (proper) means.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 35
Chapter 6
Verse 36 of 47
Verse 37