Bhagavad Gita · Dhyana Yoga (Atma-samyama Yoga)Chapter 6, Shloka 33 (6.33)
Original Sanskrit · अर्जुनः
अर्जुन उवाच
योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन
एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात् स्थितिं स्थिराम्
॥ 6.33 ॥
yo'yaṃ yogastvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana
etasyāhaṃ na paśyāmi cañcalatvāt sthitiṃ sthirām
Translation
"Arjuna said: O Madhusudana, this yoga of equanimity that You have taught — because of the restlessness of the mind, I do not see how it can stay steady."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Sāmyena samatvena — in the form of equanimity; etasya yogasya ahaṃ na paśyāmi … cañcalatvāt manasaḥ … sthirām acalāṃ sthitim — because of the mind's restlessness, I do not see a steady, unmoving state of this yoga.
Acharya Ramanuja — how big Arjuna's question is. Yaḥ ayaṃ deva-manuṣyādi-bhedena jīveśvara-bhedena ca atyanta-bhinnatayā etāvantaṃ kālam anubhūteṣu sarveṣu ātmasu — in all these selves that until now have been experienced as utterly separate, by the difference between god and human, and between jiva and Ishvara, jñānaikākāratayā paraspara-sāmyena akarma-vaśyatayā ca īśvara-sāmyena — mutual likeness in the form of knowledge, and likeness to Ishvara through not being subject to karma — such sarvatra sama-darśana-rūpo yogaḥ; of this, sthirāṃ sthitiṃ na paśyāmi. That is, Arjuna is calling the whole vision of 6.29–6.32 difficult.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.