BG 12.9
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम् ।
अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय ॥
अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय ॥
atha cittaṁ samādhātuṁ
na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram
abhyāsa-yogena tato
mām icchāptuṁ dhanañjaya
na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram
abhyāsa-yogena tato
mām icchāptuṁ dhanañjaya
Word-for-word meanings
atha — if; na śaknoṣi — you are not able; samādhātum — to fix; cittam — [your] mind; sthiram — steadily; mayi — on Me; dhanam-jaya — O Arjuna; tataḥ — then; iccha — aspire; āptum — to attain; mām — Me; abhyāsa-yogena — by repeated practice.
Translation
But if you cannot fix your mind steadily on Me, O Dhanañjaya, then seek to attain Me by repeated practice.