Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Verses 36-42 from the Sixth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The song of God".

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verses 36:

असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मति: |

वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायत: || 36||

asaṅyatātmanā yogo duṣhprāpa iti me matiḥ

vaśhyātmanā tu yatatā śhakyo ’vāptum upāyataḥ

🔴 My view is that Yoga is difficult of attainment by men of uncontrolled mind. But for those who have their mind under control, it is possible to attain, if they strive with the proper means.

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verses 37:

अर्जुन उवाच |

अयति: श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानस: |

अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति || 37||

arjuna uvācha

ayatiḥ śhraddhayopeto yogāch chalita-mānasaḥ

aprāpya yoga-sansiddhiṁ kāṅ gatiṁ kṛiṣhṇa gachchhati

🔴 Arjuna said:

What, O Krsna, is the fate of a man who, though endowed with firm faith, is not steadfast in his practices owing to distractions, and therefore fails to reach spiritual perfection?

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verses 38:

कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति |

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मण: पथि || 38||

kachchin nobhaya-vibhraṣhṭaśh chhinnābhram iva naśhyati

apratiṣhṭho mahā-bāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi

🔴 O mighty-armed Lord! Bewildered in the path of Brahman, supportless, does he not lose both this world and the next? Does he not perish like a rain-cloud rent asunder?

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verses 39:

एतन्मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषत: |

त्वदन्य: संशयस्यास्य छेत्ता न ह्युपपद्यते || 39||

etan me sanśhayaṁ kṛiṣhṇa chhettum arhasyaśheṣhataḥ

tvad-anyaḥ sanśhayasyāsya chhettā na hyupapadyate

🔴 O Krsna! My doubt in this respect has yet to be cleared completely. Indeed! I find none better than Thee to be that doubt-dispeller.

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verses 40:

श्रीभगवानुवाच |

पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते |

न हि कल्याणकृत्कश्चिद्दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति || 40||

śhrī bhagavān uvācha

pārtha naiveha nāmutra vināśhas tasya vidyate

na hi kalyāṇa-kṛit kaśhchid durgatiṁ tāta gachchhati

🔴 The Blessed Lord said:

O son of Pritha! He does not meet with downfall either here in this world or in the hereafter. Know for certain, O dear one, that one who treads the path of virtue never goes to ruin (i.e, gets an inferior birth).

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verses 41:

प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वती: समा: |

शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टोऽभिजायते || 41||

prāpya puṇya-kṛitāṁ lokān uṣhitvā śhāśhvatīḥ samāḥ

śhuchīnāṁ śhrīmatāṁ gehe yoga-bhraṣhṭo ’bhijāyate

🔴 The fallen Yogi goes (after death) to the spheres of the righteous, and after having lived there for unnumbered years, is reborn in this world in a pure and prosperous family.

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verses 42:

अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम् |

एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम् || 42||

atha vā yoginām eva kule bhavati dhīmatām

etad dhi durlabhataraṁ loke janma yad īdṛiśham

🔴 Or he is re-born in a family pf men full of wisdom and spirituality. Re-birth under such conditions is passing hard to get in this world.

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