Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 6

Bhagavad Gita 6.38

कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति। अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि॥

kachchin nobhaya-vibhraṣhṭaśh chhinnābhram iva naśhyati apratiṣhṭho mahā-bāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi

Translation

Fallen from both, is he destroyed like a rent cloud, unsteadfast, O mighty-armed, deluded in the path of the Eternal?

What it means

Does such a one, fallen from both worlds, perish like a torn cloud, without support, deluded on the path of the Eternal? The fear is total loss: neither worldly success nor spiritual attainment. Arjuna wants the failure mode named.

Try this today

The fear underneath: does failed spiritual effort cost you both this world and the next?

Something to reflect on

If I fall short on both fronts - worldly and inner - what do I fear I become?

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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.