SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SlOkam – Original
arjuna uvAcha
yOyam yOgas thvayA prOktha: sAmyEna madhusUdhana |
EthasyAham na paSyAmi chancalathvAth sthithim sthirAm ||
word-by-word meaning
arjuna uvAcha – arjuna said
madhusUdhana krishNa – Oh krishNa who killed the demon madhu!
ya: ayam sAmyEna yOga: – This yOga which is vision of equality in all
thvayA – by you
prOktha: – instructed
Ethasya sthirAm sthithim – this yOga remaining steadfast
chanchalathvAth – due to wavering mind
na paSyAmi – I am not seeing.
Simple Translation
Arjuna said, Oh krishNa who killed the demon madhu! I am not seeing this yOga which is vision of equality in all and which is instructed by you, remaining steadfast due to [my] wavering mind.
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
Queries Arjuna:—
‘What this sameness-seeing yoga (or doctrine of meditation) is, that you have expounded, Madhusūdana[1. The 74th name of God. One etymology is “Madhur-indriya nāmā sa tato madhu-Nishūdanaḥ.”]!, I do not, from heedlessness, understand the exact nature of.’
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