SYNONYMS

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

TRANSLATION

Arjuna said: What is the destination of the man of faith who does not persevere, who in the beginning takes to the process of self-realization but who later desists due to worldly-mindedness and thus does not attain perfection in mysticism?