असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः ।
वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः ॥ ३६ ॥
वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः ॥ ३६ ॥
asaṃyatātmanā yogo duṣprāpa iti me matiḥ .
vaśyātmanā tu yatatā śakyo’vāptumupāyataḥ .. 36 ..
Yoga, methinks is hard to attain for a man of uncontrolled self; but by him who (often) strives, self-controlled, it can be acquired by (proper) means.
Read the commentary
Uncontrolled self : the antah-karana not controlled by means of constant practice and by indifference to worldly gain. Self-controlled : who has subdued the mind.
Failures in Yoga and the after-career.
On engaging in the practice of Yoga, all works which are the means of attaining success in this world and in the other world have been renounced, while the right knowledge, which is the result of perfection in Yoga and which is the means to moksha, has not yet been attained; and the Yogin’s mind strays away from the path of Yoga at the time of death. Arjuna thought that such a man would meet destruction and therefore asked :