SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 6 Text 45
prayatnad yatamanas tu
yogi samsuddha-kilbisah
aneka-janma- samsiddhas
tato yati param gatim

prayatnat--by rigid practice; yatamanah--endeavor ing; tu--and; yogi--such a transcendentalist; samsuddha--washed off; kilbisah--all of whose sins; aneka--after many, many; janma--births; samsiddhah-- having achieved perfection; tatah--thereafter; yati--attains; param--the highest; gatim--destination.

TRANSLATION

And when the yogi engages himself with sincere endeavor in making further progress, being washed of all contaminations, then ultimately, achieving perfection after many, many births of practice, he attains the supreme goal.