BG 6.37

अर्जुन उवाच
अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः ।
अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति ॥
arjuna uvāca
ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāc calita-mānasaḥ
aprāpya yoga-saṁsiddhiṁ kāṁ gatiṁ kṛṣṇa gacchati

Word-for-word meanings

arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna said;  kṛṣṇa — O Kṛṣṇa;  upetaḥ — [for] one who has entered upon [the path of yoga];  śraddhayā — with faith;  ayatiḥ — [yet] who does not strive sufficiently;  mānasaḥ — [and] whose mind;  calita — strays;  yogāt — from the path of yoga;  yoga-saṁsiddhim — perfection in yoga;  aprāpya — is unattainable;  kām — which;  gatim — destination;  gacchati — does he attain.

Translation

Arjuna said: O Kṛṣṇa, for one who has entered upon the path of yoga with faith, yet who does not strive sufficiently and whose mind strays from the path of yoga, perfection in yoga remains unattainable. What destination is attained by such a person?

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