| 36. Yoga, methinks
is hard to attain for a man of uncontrolled self ; but by him who (often
strives, selfcontrolled, it can be acquired by (proper) means.Uncontrolled
self ; the antahkarana 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 aftercareer.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 Yogins 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: |
