6.37
अर्जुन उवाच
अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः ।
अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति ॥
arjuna uvāca
ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāc calitamānasaḥ
aprāpya yogasaṃsiddhiṃ kāṃ gatiṃ kṛṣṇa gacchati
Arjuna is speaking again.
The verse
Arjuna said: A man who does not strive, though he came with faith, whose mind has slipped from yoga, not having reached yoga's attainment — what path does he go, Kṛṣṇa?
नेपालीमा
अर्जुनले भने, प्रयास नगर्ने मानिस, श्रद्धा लिएर आएको भए पनि, जसको मन योगबाट चिप्लियो, योगको सिद्धि नपुगी, कुन बाटो जान्छ, हे कृष्ण?
Where it sits
6.36 made striving the condition. Arjuna asks about the failure. Faith was there. The mind left. The perfection was not reached. What becomes of him? He is not finished. 6.38 and 6.39 press the fear.
Split: अयतिः + श्रद्धया + उपेतः + योगात् + चलित-मानसः + अप्राप्य + योग-संसिद्धिम् + काम् + गतिम् + कृष्ण + गच्छति
ayatiḥ + śraddhayā + upetaḥ + yogāt + calita-mānasaḥ + aprāpya + yoga-saṃsiddhim + kām + gatim + kṛṣṇa + gacchati
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| अयतिः | ayatiḥ | nominative singular | one who does not strive. The negative of the yatatā (यतता) of 6.36. |
| श्रद्धया | śraddhayā | instrumental singular | with faith. |
| उपेतः | upetaḥ | nominative singular | endowed, come with. |
| योगात् | yogāt | ablative singular | from yoga. |
| चलित-मानसः | calita-mānasaḥ | nominative singular | whose mind has slipped. |
| अप्राप्य | aprāpya | gerund | not having reached. |
| योग-संसिद्धिम् | yoga-saṃsiddhim | accusative singular | the full attainment of yoga. |
| काम् | kām | accusative feminine | what. Agrees with gatim (गतिम्). |
| गतिम् | gatim | accusative singular | a path, a going. |
| कृष्ण | kṛṣṇa | vocative | Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण). |
| गच्छति | gacchati | present, 3rd singular | he goes. |
The phrases
ayatiḥ śraddhayā upetaḥ (अयतिः श्रद्धया उपेतः) is the man. He did not strive, but he came with faith. yogāt calitamānasaḥ (योगात् चलितमानसः) is what happened: his mind slipped from yoga.
aprāpya yogasaṃsiddhim (अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिम्) says he did not reach the attainment. kām gatim gacchati (काम् गतिम् गच्छति) is the question. What path does he go?
śraddhayā upetaḥ (श्रद्धया उपेतः) is śraddhayopetaḥ (श्रद्धयोपेतः). yogāt calita (योगात् चलित) is yogāc calita (योगाच्चलित), t (त्) plus c (च्). kām gatim (काम् गतिम्) is kāṃ gatim (कां गतिम्).
Sanskrit in this line
kām (काम्) is the feminine accusative of the interrogative, and it agrees with gatim (गतिम्). The question is not a bare kim (किम्), "what?" The gender is doing the agreement. aprāpya (अप्राप्य) is a negative gerund, "not having reached," with the same --ya (य) as any prefixed gerund. The negative sits on the gerund and does not need a separate na (न).
Say it back
The man, in three phrases, then the question. If śraddhayā (श्रद्धया) is dropped, he is only a failure, and Arjuna's pity for the faithful man is gone.