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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).

Arjuna said: This yoga of evenness that you have taught, Madhusudana, I do not see how it can stand firm, because the mind is so restless.

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.