Verse 6.33

योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन ।

एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात्स्थितिं स्थिराम् ॥

6.33

Transliteration

yo'yaṃ yogastvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana |

etasyāhaṃ na paśyāmi cañcalatvātsthitiṃ sthirām ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

Arjuna said This Yoga of eanimity taught by Thee, O Krishna, I do not see its steady continuance, because of the restlessness (of the mind).

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Word by word

which
this
yoga
by you
taught
as evenness
O slayer of Madhu

of this
I
not
see
due to restlessness
footing
steady

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Arjuna speaks for the first time in this chapter, and his question is honest and personal. Krishna has described a yoga of evenness, sāmya, but Arjuna cannot see how such a state could stay steady, because the mind is so restless. The address Madhusudana, slayer of the demon Madhu, is perhaps fitting, since Arjuna is asking for help against an inner adversary. The verse gives voice to the doubt that many readers feel on hearing an ideal of perfect calm.