Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verse 36

असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः। वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः।।6.36।।

asaṅyatātmanā yogo duṣhprāpa iti me matiḥ vaśhyātmanā tu yatatā śhakyo ’vāptum upāyataḥ

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Word Meanings

asanyata-ātmanā—one whose mind is unbridled
yogaḥ—Yog
duṣhprāpaḥ—difficult to attain
iti—thus
me—my
matiḥ—opinion
vaśhya-ātmanā—by one whose mind is controlled
tu—but
yatatā—one who strives
śhakyaḥ—possible
avāptum—to achieve
upāyataḥ—by right means
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Translation

I think Yoga is hard to be attained by one with an uncontrolled self, but the self-controlled and striving one can attain it by the appropriate means.

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Commentary

6.36 असंयतात्मना by a man of uncontrolled self? योगः Yoga? दुष्प्रापः hard to attain? इति thus? मे My? मतिः opinion? वश्यात्मना by the selfcontrolled one? तु but? यतता by the striving one? शक्यः possible? अवाप्तुम् to obtain? उपायतः by (proper) means.Commentary Uncontrolled self he who has not controlled the senses and the mind by the constant practice of dispassion and meditation. Selfcontrolled

he who has controlled the mind by the constant practice of dispassion and meditation. He can attain Selfrealisation by the right means and constant endeavour.

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