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Actually, Arjuna is asking a very important question, for one is subject to failure in all types of yoga the results of failure are clearly explained by Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself in the following dialogue with Arjuna Arjuna, continuing his inquiry, asks,

Therefore, after Śrī Kṛṣṇa outlined the sāṅkhya-yoga system in the sixth chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā, Arjuna

In the Bhagavad-gītā, Arjuna was refusing to act, and Kṛṣṇa was inspiring him to engage in activity. Kṛṣṇa never tells Arjuna, “My dear friend Arjuna, don’t concern yourself with this war.

Therefore this system of mysticism described by Lord Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna beginning with the words śucau deśe and ending with yogī paramaḥ is here rejected by Arjuna out of a feeling of inability.

arjuna uvāca ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāc calita-mānasaḥ aprāpya yoga-saṁsiddhiṁ kāṁ gatiṁ kṛṣṇa gacchati

“There is no possibility of one’s becoming a yogi, O Arjuna, if one eats too much or eats too little,

Arjuna is representative of the common man in the sense that he is not a mendicant or a sannyāsī or a Arjuna has many problems, just as the common man, and generally this system of aṣṭāṅga-yoga is impractical Although Arjuna was a great warrior, a member of the royal family, and a very advanced person, he proclaims And what are we in comparison to Arjuna? If we attempt this system, failure is certain.

Gopī-bhāva-rasāmṛtābdhi-laharī-kallola-magnau muhur/ vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau actually rich because they were constantly dipping themselves in the ocean of the loving affairs of the gopīs If one simply thinks of the gopīs’ love for Kṛṣṇa, one is not lost. There are many ways not to lose sight of Kṛṣṇa. If we do not lose sight of Kṛṣṇa, then we will not be lost.

Therefore, O Arjuna, in all circumstances, be a yogi.” Therefore Kṛṣṇa is telling Arjuna, “My dear friend Arjuna, in all circumstances be a yogi and remain

“The devotees who know these two paths, O Arjuna, are never bewildered. Therefore Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna to always remain in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

This is Arjuna’s very next question.

(Bhagavad-gītā 6.33) Although Arjuna was highly elevated and was Kṛṣṇa’s intimate friend, he immediately Arjuna was a warrior, a householder, and he wanted a kingdom. What time did he have for meditation? If Arjuna found this process more difficult than controlling the wind, then what of us? After all, Arjuna was not an ordinary man.

When we serve Kṛṣṇa, we are preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or cooking, or cleansing the temple, or distributing books about Kṛṣṇa, or writing about Him, or shopping for foodstuff to offer Him. Kṛṣṇa consciousness means activity. Whatever assets we have should be utilized for Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa has given us a mind, and we must utilize this mind to think of Kṛṣṇa. We have been given these legs, and we should use them to go to the temple of Kṛṣṇa.

in the form of an extraordinary dialogue between the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa and His warrior disciple Arjuna Perplexed and confused about his identity and purpose, Arjuna turns to Kṛṣṇa, who reveals “the path of

tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīṁ sadā tuccha vat bhūtvā dīna-gaṇeśakau karuṇayā kaupīna-kanthāśritau gopī-bhāva-rasāmṛtābdhi-laharī-kallola-magnau

“My dear Arjuna, how have these impurities come upon you? Kṛṣṇa directly tells Arjuna that he is speaking like a non-Āryan – that is, like one who does not know

“Arjuna said: O Kṛṣṇa, what is the destination of the unsuccessful transcendentalist, who in the beginning

Whatever is done in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, knowingly or unknowingly, will have its effect. so much in their bank account of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa is the supreme spirit, and if a child partakes in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he will be affected Kṛṣṇa will act, whether the child knows or does not know. Every living being should be given a chance to partake of Kṛṣṇa consciousness because Kṛṣṇa is there

transcendentalist should also carefully control his mind, and this means fixing the mind on the Supreme Self, or Kṛṣṇa As explained before, Kṛṣṇa is just like the sun, and if the mind is fixed on Him, there is no question If Kṛṣṇa is always on our minds, māyā, or illusion, can never enter.

In the ninth chapter, Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna, kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati: “O son of Kuntī