Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verse 33

अर्जुन उवाच योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन। एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात् स्थितिं स्थिराम्।।6.33।।

arjuna uvācha yo ’yaṁ yogas tvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana etasyāhaṁ na paśhyāmi chañchalatvāt sthitiṁ sthirām

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Word Meanings

arjunaḥ uvācha—Arjun said
yaḥ—which
ayam—this
yogaḥ—system of Yog
tvayā—by you
proktaḥ—described
sāmyena—by equanimity
madhu-sūdana—Shree Krishna, the killer of the demon named Madhu
etasya—of this
aham—I
na—do not
paśhyāmi—see
chañchalatvāt—due to restlessness
sthitim—situation
sthirām—steady
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Translation

Arjuna said, "O Krishna, I do not see how this Yoga of equanimity, which you have taught me, can be maintained steadily, due to the restlessness of the mind."

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Commentary

6.33 यः which? अयम् this? योगः Yoga? त्वया by Thee? प्रोक्तः taught? साम्येन by eanimity? मधुसूदन O slayer of Madhu? एतस्य its? अहम् I? न not? पश्यामि see? चञ्चलत्वात् from restlessness? स्थितिम् continuance? स्थिराम् steady.Commentary As the mind is restless? impetuous and unsteady I find it difficult to practise this Yoga of eanimity declared by Thee. O my Lord? I cannot have steady concentration of the mind? as it wanders here and there in the twinkling of an eye.

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