SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 6 Text 37
arjuna uvaca
ayatih sraddhayopeto
yogac calita-manasah
aprapya yoga-samsiddhim
kam gatim krsna gacchati

arjunah uvaca--Arjuna said; ayatih--the unsuccessful transcendentalist; sraddhaya--with faith; upetah--engaged; yogat--from the mystic link; calita--deviated; manasah--who has such a mind; aprapya--failing to attain; yoga-samsiddhim- -the highest perfection in mysticism; kam--which; gatim--destination; krsna--O Krsna; gacchati--achieves.

TRANSLATION

Arjuna said: O Krsna, what is the destination of the unsuccessful transcendentalist, who in the beginning takes to the process of self-realization with faith but who later desists due to worldly-mindedness and thus does not attain perfection in mysticism?

JOURNAL:

Here is the question that has haunted me. It is comforting to hear Arjuna ask the same one of the Lord. Earlier he has told Lord Krishna that he does not think he can practice the eight-fold yoga system and now he wonders what happens to one who tries but later falls away. For me, this is a very important question and helps me to put myself in Arjuna's shoes.