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Arjuna said He who is unable to control himself though he has the faith, and whose mind wanders away from Yoga, what end does he, having failed to attain perfection in Yoga, mee,t O Krishna?

Arjuna said: Krishna, what becomes of the one who has faith but does not strive enough, whose mind wanders from yoga, and who fails to reach its perfection?

Arjuna asks a question that matters to every sincere seeker. What becomes of the person who has faith (śraddhā) but lacks sufficient effort, whose mind slips away from yoga before reaching its perfection? Such a person is neither a cynic nor a master, but someone in between. Arjuna's question shows that he is now thinking about the path as something he himself might undertake, and fearing that partial success might be worse than never trying at all.