Verse 6.45

प्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिषः ।

अनेकजन्मसंसिद्धस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥

6.45

Transliteration

prayatnādyatamānastu yogī saṃśuddhakilbiṣaḥ |

anekajanmasaṃsiddhastato yāti parāṃ gatim ||

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

Translation

But the Yogi who strives with assiduity, purified of sins and perfected gradually through many births, reaches the highest goal.

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Word by word

with effort
striving
but
the yogi
cleansed of sins

perfected over many births
then
reaches
the supreme
goal

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

Explanation

Krishna completes his answer. The yogi who strives with diligence, cleansed of fault and brought to perfection over many births, finally reaches the highest goal. The verse balances the previous ones: the momentum of the past is real, but present effort still matters. Progress may take many lifetimes, yet it moves towards a definite end. Arjuna's fear of the scattered cloud is answered with a picture of a journey that, however long, does not fail.