Sanskrit · Devanagari
असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः। वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
asaṃyatātmanā yogo duṣprāpa iti me matiḥ vaśyātmanā tu yatatā śakyo.avāptumupāyataḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882that 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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Śaṅkarācārya
।।6.36।। असंयतात्मना अभ्यासवैराग्याभ्यामसंयतः आत्मा अन्तःकरणं यस्य सोऽयम् असंयतात्मा तेन असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्रापः दुःखेन प्राप्यत इति मे मतिः। यस्तु पुनः वश्यात्मा अभ्यासवैराग्याभ्यां वश्यत्वमापादितः आत्मा मनः यस्य सोऽयं वश्यात्मा तेन वश्यात्मना तु यतता भूयोऽपि प्रयत्नं कुर्वता शक्यः अवाप्तुं योगः उपायतः यथोक्तादुपायात्।।तत्र योगाभ्यासाङ्गीकरणेन इहलोकपरलोकप्राप्तिनिमित्तानि कर्माणि संन्यस्तानि योगसिद्धिफलं च मोक्षसाधनं सम्यग्दर्शनं न प्राप्तमिति योगी योगमार्गात् मरणकाले चलितचित्तः इति तस्य नाशमाशङ्क्य अर्जुन उवाच अर्जुन उवाच
ed643276d3bd…Rāmānuja
6.36 Yoga is hard to attain even in spite of great efforts by one of unrestrained self, i.e., of unrestrained mind. But the same Yoga which is of the form of sameness of vision can be attained by proper means by one who is striving, whose 'mind is subdued,' i.e., by one whose mind is conered by works (Karma Yoga) taught before, which is of the nature of My worship and which includes within itself knowledge (Jnana). Then Arjuna puts estions in order to hear the greatness of Yoga, as it really is, which he has already heard about at the beginning of the teaching, 'Here there is no loss of effort' (2.40). There the greatness of Karma Yoga as inclusive of knowledge of the self with Yoga as its culmination was taught. This alone is the real greatness of Yoga.
f46b5ee4e5d6…Swami Sivananda
6.36 असंयतात्मना by a man of uncontrolled self? योगः Yoga? दुष्प्रापः hard to attain? इति thus? मे My? मतिः opinion? वश्यात्मना by the selfcontrolled one? तु but? यतता by the striving one? शक्यः possible? अवाप्तुम् to obtain? उपायतः by (proper) means.Commentary Uncontrolled self he who has not controlled the senses and the mind by the constant practice of dispassion and meditation. Selfcontrolled he who has controlled the mind by the constant practice of dispassion and meditation. He can attain Selfrealisation by the right means and constant endeavour.
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