Word meanings
- kaccit
- whether
- na
- not
- ubhaya
- both
- vibhraṣṭaḥ
- deviated from
- chinna
- broken
- abhram
- cloud
- iva
- like
- naśyati
- perishes
- apratiṣṭhaḥ
- without any support
- mahā-bāho
- mighty-armed Krishna
- vimūḍhaḥ
- bewildered
- brahmaṇaḥ
- of God-realization
- pathi
- one on the path
Translations
Fallen from both, does he not perish like a rent cloud, supportless, O mighty-armed one, deluded on the path of Brahman?
Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud with no support, lost on the spiritual path?
O Mighty-armed one, having fallen from both [paths], without support, deluded on the path to Brahman, does he not get ruined like a scattered cloud?
हे महाबाहो ! संसारके आश्रयसे रहित और परमात्मप्राप्तिके मार्गमें मोहित अर्थात् विचलित -- इस तरह दोनों ओरसे भ्रष्ट हुआ साधक क्या छिन्न-भिन्न बादलकी तरह नष्ट तो नहीं हो जाता ?Commentary
Both the path of Karma or the path of ritualistic activity in accordance with the Karma Kanda of the Vedas on the one hand and the path of Yoga on the other. Path of Brahman the path by which Brahman can be reached or the way that leads to Brahman. The Yoga taught by the Lord here demands onepointed devotion to its practice. The aspirant turns away from the world and spurns heaven, too. Some people held that if he failed to attain the goal, he would have lost everything for nothing.
Hence the estion.