Chapter 6, Verse 36
असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः। वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः।।6.36।।
asaṃyatātmanā yogo duṣprāpa iti me matiḥ. vaśyātmanā tu yatatā śakyo'vāptumupāyataḥ.6.36.
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- असंयतात्मना
- by one whose mind/self is uncontrolled (instrumental)
- योगः
- yoga (nominative subject)
- दुष्प्राप
- difficult to attain
- इति
- thus (quotation marker)
- मे
- my
- मतिः
- opinion/view
- वश्यात्मना
- by one whose self is controlled/subdued (instrumental)
- तु
- but
- यतता
- by one who strives/makes effort (instrumental participle)
- शक्यः
- it is possible
- अवाप्तुम्
- to attain (infinitive)
- उपायतः
- by proper means/method
Commentary
36. Yoga, methinks is hard to attain for a man of uncontrolled self; but by him who (often) strives, self-controlled, it can be acquired by (proper) means.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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असंयतात्मना
योगः
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मे
मतिः
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तु
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