# Bhagavad Gita 6.36

**Canonical reference:** `gita.6.36`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः।
वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः ॥

## IAST

asaṃyatātmanā yogo duṣprāpa iti me matiḥ
vaśyātmanā tu yatatā śakyo.avāptumupāyataḥ

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

that devotion is hard to obtain for one who does not restrain his self. But by one who is self-restrained and assiduous it can be obtained through (proper) expedients.

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