Chapter 6

Shloka 6.37 “Arjuna said: What is the fate of one who has faith but lacks control, failing in yoga, with a wandering mind?” Key Teaching: Arjuna questions the fate of a faithful but uncontrolled yogi. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Dhyana Yoga. Description: Arjuna asks about the fate of one who has faith but lacks control, failing […]

Shloka 6.36 “Yoga is hard for the uncontrolled, but one who strives with effort and controlled mind can attain it.” Key Teaching: Effort and selfcontrol make yoga attainable. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Dhyana Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that yoga is difficult for the uncontrolled but attainable through effort and a controlled mind. This verse, continuing 6.35,

Shloka 6.35 “Krishna said: Doubtless, O mightyarmed, the restless mind is hard to control, but it can be through practice and detachment.” Key Teaching: Practice and detachment can control the restless mind. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Dhyana Yoga. Description: Krishna acknowledges the mind’s restlessness but assures Arjuna that it can be controlled through practice and detachment.

Shloka 6.34 “The mind is restless, turbulent, strong, and obstinate, O Krishna; controlling it is as hard as taming the wind.” Key Teaching: Arjuna compares controlling the restless mind to taming the wind. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Dhyana Yoga. Description: Arjuna describes the mind as restless, turbulent, strong, and obstinate, comparing its control to taming the

Shloka 6.33 “Arjuna said: This yoga of equanimity you declare, O Krishna, seems unsteady due to the mind’s restlessness.” Key Teaching: Arjuna questions the feasibility of equanimous yoga due to the mind’s unrest. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Dhyana Yoga. Description: Arjuna expresses doubt, stating that the yoga of equanimity Krishna describes seems unsteady due to the

Shloka 6.32 “One who sees pleasure and pain equally in all beings, by analogy with oneself, is the highest yogi, O Arjuna.” Key Teaching: The highest yogi sees others’ pleasure and pain as their own. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Dhyana Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that the highest yogi sees pleasure and pain in all beings as

Shloka 6.31 “The yogi, established in unity, worshipping Me in all beings, dwells in Me, whatever their actions.” Key Teaching: A yogi worshipping Krishna in all beings dwells in him, regardless of actions. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Dhyana Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that a yogi, established in unity and worshipping him in all beings, dwells in

Shloka 6.30 “One who sees Me in all and all in Me is never lost to Me, nor am I lost to them.” Key Teaching: Seeing Krishna in all ensures eternal connection with him. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Dhyana Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that one who sees him in all beings and all beings in him

Shloka 6.29 “The yogi, with self absorbed in meditation, sees the same everywhere, seeing the self in all beings and all beings in the self.” Key Teaching: A yogi sees the self in all beings and all beings in the self. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Dhyana Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that a yogi, absorbed in meditation,

Shloka 6.28 “Thus, always disciplining oneself, the pure yogi, free from evil, easily contacts Brahman, gaining infinite bliss.” Key Teaching: Disciplined purity leads to infinite bliss in Brahman. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Dhyana Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that a pure yogi, always disciplining oneself and free from evil, easily contacts Brahman, gaining infinite bliss. This verse,