Bhagavad Gita · Dhyana Yoga (Atma-samyama Yoga)Chapter 6, Shloka 37 (6.37)
Original Sanskrit · अर्जुनः
अर्जुन उवाच
अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः
अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति
॥ 6.37 ॥
ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāccalitamānasaḥ
aprāpya yogasaṃsiddhiṃ kāṃ gatiṃ kṛṣṇa gacchati
Translation
"Arjuna said: O Krishna, one who has faith but whose effort remained weak, and whose mind strayed from yoga — not having attained perfection in yoga, what end does such a one reach?"
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Ayatiḥ aprayatnavān yoga-mārge, śraddhayā āstikya-buddhyā ca upetaḥ — lacking effort on the path of yoga, but endowed with faith and a believing mind; yogāt antakāle ca calitaṃ mānasaṃ … bhraṣṭa-smṛtiḥ — whose mind moved away from yoga even at the time of death, whose memory was lost; aprāpya … yoga-phalaṃ samyag-darśanam.
Acharya Ramanuja. Śraddhayā yoge pravṛtto dṛḍhatarābhyāsa-rūpa-yatna-vaikalyena — one who took up yoga with faith, but through a lack of effort in the form of firm practice; yoga-saṃsiddhim aprāpya yogāt calita-mānasaḥ — strayed without attaining perfection.
Important: According to both, this person has faith — what is lacking is effort, not intention.
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