6.33
अर्जुन उवाच
योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन ।
एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात्स्थितिं स्थिराम् ॥
arjuna uvāca
yo 'yaṃ yogas tvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana
etasyāhaṃ na paśyāmi cañcalatvāt sthitiṃ sthirām
Arjuna is speaking. The long speech of Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) has stopped.
The verse
Arjuna said: This yoga which you have taught as evenness, Madhusūdana, I do not see a firm standing for it, because of restlessness.
नेपालीमा
अर्जुनले भने, यो योग जसलाई तपाईंले समता भनेर सिकाउनुभयो, हे मधुसूदन, चञ्चलताका कारण म यसको दृढ स्थिति देख्दिनँ।
Where it sits
The practice has been described as if the mind will come to rest. Arjuna stops it. Evenness needs a firm standing, and he cannot see one. The next verse names the mind as the reason.
Split: यः + अयम् + योगः + त्वया + प्रोक्तः + साम्येन + मधुसूदन + एतस्य + अहम् + न + पश्यामि + चञ्चलत्वात् + स्थितिम् + स्थिराम्
yaḥ + ayam + yogaḥ + tvayā + proktaḥ + sāmyena + madhusūdana + etasya + aham + na + paśyāmi + cañcalatvāt + sthitim + sthirām
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| यः | yaḥ | nominative singular | which. |
| अयम् | ayam | nominative singular | this. |
| योगः | yogaḥ | nominative singular | yoga. |
| त्वया | tvayā | instrumental singular | by you. |
| प्रोक्तः | proktaḥ | nominative singular | taught, declared. |
| साम्येन | sāmyena | instrumental singular | as evenness, by evenness. |
| मधुसूदन | madhusūdana | vocative | slayer of Madhu. A name of Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण). |
| एतस्य | etasya | genitive singular | of this. |
| अहम् | aham | nominative singular | I. |
| न | na | indeclinable | not. |
| पश्यामि | paśyāmi | present, 1st singular | I see. |
| चञ्चलत्वात् | cañcalatvāt | ablative singular | because of restlessness. From cañcala (चञ्चल). |
| स्थितिम् | sthitim | accusative singular | a standing, a steady state. |
| स्थिराम् | sthirām | accusative singular | firm. Agrees with sthitim (स्थितिम्). |
The phrases
yaḥ ayam yogaḥ tvayā proktaḥ sāmyena (यः अयम् योगः त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन) names what he has just heard. This yoga you taught as evenness. sāmya (साम्य) is the sama (सम) of 6.29 and 6.32.
etasya aham na paśyāmi sthitim sthirām (एतस्य अहम् न पश्यामि स्थितिम् स्थिराम्) is the objection. I do not see a firm standing for it. cañcalatvāt (चञ्चलत्वात्) is why. Because of restlessness. He has not yet said the mind. 6.34 will.
yaḥ ayam (यः अयम्) is yo 'yam (योऽयम्). yogaḥ tvayā (योगः त्वया) is yogastvayā (योगस्त्वया). etasya aham (एतस्य अहम्) is etasyāham (एतस्याहम्).
Sanskrit in this line
cañcalatvāt (चञ्चलत्वात्) is an ablative of cause. The suffix --tva (त्व) makes a noun, "restlessness," and the ablative --āt (आत्) says "because of." tvayā (त्वया) is the instrumental of the agent with the past participle proktaḥ (प्रोक्तः): taught by you. Same construction as yena jitaḥ (येन जितः) in 6.6.
Say it back
What he cannot see, and why. If sthitim sthirām (स्थितिम् स्थिराम्) comes out as "he refuses yoga," the objection has been enlarged.