Chapter 12, Verse 9
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्। अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।
atha cittaṃ samādhātuṃ na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram. abhyāsayogena tato mām icchāptuṃ dhanañjaya.. 12.9..
Word by word
- atha
- if, however (now)
- cittam
- the mind
- samādhātum
- to fix steadily / concentrate
- na śaknoṣi
- you are not able
- mayi
- in Me
- sthiram
- steadily, firmly
- abhyāsa-yogena
- through the practice of yoga (repeated discipline)
- tataḥ
- then
- mām
- Me
- icchā
- desire, wish (to attain)
- āptum
- to attain
- dhanañjaya
- O Dhananjaya (Arjuna, winner of wealth)
Commentary
g. If thou art unable to fix thy thought steadily on Me, then by yoga of constant practice do thou seek to reach Me, O Dhanawjaya.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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atha
cittam
samādhātum
na śaknoṣi
mayi
sthiram
abhyāsa-yogena
tataḥ
mām
icchā
āptum
dhanañjaya
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