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In the Sixth Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā, Śrī Kṛṣṇa instructs Arjuna how to perform meditational yoga, but Arjuna rejects this as too difficult. How then is Arjuna considered to be a great yogī? Although Kṛṣṇa saw that Arjuna was rejecting the meditational system, He proclaimed Arjuna to be the

Throughout Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa was encouraging Arjuna to fight, for he was a warrior, and fighting was delineates the meditational yoga system in the Sixth Chapter, He does not stress it or encourage Arjuna

Not being a cheater, being very frank and open, Arjuna tells Kṛṣṇa that the system of yoga which He has In speaking to Kṛṣṇa, it is significant that Arjuna addresses Him as Madhusūdana, indicating that the The answer is that Arjuna considers his mind to be like a great demon, such as the demon Madhu. “My mind is much stronger than this demon Madhu,” Arjuna is saying. Even the mind of a great man like Arjuna is always agitated. As Arjuna himself says,

In Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa speaks to Arjuna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as such it is to be Bhagavad-gītā was imparted to the sun-god and to Arjuna by Kṛṣṇa, but nowhere is it mentioned that Bhagavad-gītā Being that Kṛṣṇa knows everything, Arjuna is putting this question to Him about the fate of the unsuccessful There is no possibility for Arjuna to research the truth. If Arjuna receives this complete knowledge and we receive it from Arjuna as it was spoken to him, then

Moreover, there is no record of Arjuna’s having executed the yoga system at any time. Yet Arjuna was praised by Kṛṣṇa as the only man worthy of understanding Bhagavad-gītā. What was Arjuna’s great qualification? Śrī Kṛṣṇa says, “You are My devotee. Despite this qualification, Arjuna refused to execute the meditational yoga system described by Śrī Kṛṣṇa

The method of executing meditational yoga is further explained in considerable detail by Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna

(Bg. 6.39) Arjuna is asking this question about the fate of the unsuccessful yogī so that in the future By a yogī, Arjuna is referring to the haṭha-yogī, jñāna-yogī and bhakti-yogī; it is not that meditation Arjuna is questioning for all those who are attempting to become successful transcendentalists.

Thus the subject in the Sixth Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā is quickly dropped by Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna. Arjuna next asks,

It was taught to Arjuna, the warrior, just before Arjuna was to engage in a fratricidal battle. Out of sentiment, Arjuna was thinking, “Why should I fight against my own kinsmen?” That reluctance to fight was due to Arjuna’s illusion, and just to eradicate that illusion, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Bhagavad-gītā was discussed, and Śrī Kṛṣṇa set forth the perfection of all yoga systems to His friend Arjuna At the end of this great discourse, Arjuna set aside his misgivings and fought.

In Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa asks Arjuna to become a yogī, but He never tells him to cease from fighting. So how is it that Kṛṣṇa is asking Arjuna to become a yogī and at the same time participate in a ghastly

Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna,

Elsewhere in the Gītā, Śrī Kṛṣṇa points out to Arjuna that out of many men, few strive for perfection So Arjuna is inquiring after the vast number of failures. Even if a man has faith and strives for perfection in the yoga system, Arjuna points out that he may

For instance, Kṛṣṇa speaks Bhagavad-gītā to Arjuna just to cut off his attachment to this material affection Because Arjuna is attracted to things that are impeding the execution of his own duty, Kṛṣṇa severs these For example, at the very beginning of Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa speaks sharply to Arjuna by telling him that

Actually Arjuna is asking a very appropriate and intelligent question. But Śrī Kṛṣṇa gives an encouraging answer, for He tells Arjuna that even if one sincerely cultivates

Thus Śrī Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna that he must understand that renunciation (sannyāsa) and yoga are the same

Insofar as the mind is unbridled, Kṛṣṇa agrees with Arjuna that the yoga system is very difficult work

“O mighty-armed Kṛṣṇa,” Arjuna continues, “does not such a man, being deviated from the path of Transcendence

Are we to assume that Arjuna is simply not sufficiently qualified to control his mind? The actual fact is that we cannot begin to understand the immense qualifications of Arjuna. In addition to this, Arjuna was renowned as a great warrior and administrator. Yet Arjuna was thinking that controlling the mind was simply not possible for him. We should not for one moment think that we are in Arjuna’s category.

chanting, remembering, serving, worshiping the Deity in the temple, praying, carrying out orders, serving Kṛṣṇa At a public kīrtana one person can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare