Bhagavatgita a detailed study-chapter6 yoga of meditation

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Arjunauvaacha

 

Arjuna said

 

 

37. ayathih SradDhayopethaH yogaath chalithamaanasaH

 

apraapya yogasamsidDhim kaam gathim krshna gacChathi

 

 

What will be the fate of one. Krishna, who cannot control himself though possessed of faith and his mind thus wanders away from yoga?

 

38.kaschith na ubhayavibhrashtaH Chinnaabhram iva naSyathi

 

aprathishTo mahabaho vimooDaH brahmaNaH paThi

 

Fallen from both, (karma and yoga) is he lost like a cloud broken by wind, swerving from the path to Brahman deluded and supportless?

 

 

39.ethah me samSayam krshNa Chetthum arhasi aSeshathaH

 

thvadhanyaH samSayasya asya chetthaa nahyupapadhyathe

 

This is my doubt, Krishna , and I find no one else more competent enough to clear this and hence you must dispel this doubt completely.

 

Now Arjuna comes out with another question. Suppose an aspirant starts meditation with full faith and tries to control his mind unsuccessfully and before he accomplishes it his life is cut short. What will be the fate of such a person ? Should he start his spiritual practice from the beginning in his next life? Or is he lost like a torn cloud deprived of both ,the Self realisation and the heavenly enjoyment which he would have if he had proceeded in the karma marga, meaning kamyakarma?

 

A seeker striving for the bliss of Brahman has to forego the joys of the world by controlling his mind and also has to give up the desires of heaven etc. Thus he tries for achievement of yoga but finds it difficult to control his mind. He has the faith in the scriptural teachings and in the final goal of eternal bliss. But he is not able to achieve full mid control and his life ends. Hence he had lost the joys of this world and the next and also had not attained the bliss of Brahman. What will be the fate of such a yogi who has swerved from his path and dies? Will his efforts be in vain? This is the pertinent question of Arjuna.

 

Vyasa the poet compares the state of such yoga bhrashta to the cloud scattered by winds.