Fallen from both, does he not perish like a torn cloud, Unestablished, O Great-armed one (Mahābāho), bewildered on the path of Brahman?
Doomed by his double failure, is he not like a cloud split apart, unsettled, deluded on the path of the infinite spirit?
(38) Does he, both objects unachieved, come crashing down and perish like a riven cloud, his [firm] foundation gone, bemused on Brahman's path?
6.38 O Mighty-armed one, fallen from both, without support, deluded on the path to Brahman, does he not get ruined like a scattered cloud?
6.38 Without any support, confused in the path leading to the Brahman, and thus fallen from both, does he not perish, O mighty armed, like a riven cloud?
6.38 Fallen from both, does he not perish like a rent cloud, supportless, O mighty-armed (Kṛṣṇa), deluded on the path of Brahman?