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As stated in the Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 (6.37), quoted above, yog\u0101t means \u201cfrom the practice of yoga,\u201d calita means \u201cdiversion,\u201d and m\u0101nasa\u1e25 means \u201cmind.\u201d So there is every chance for the mind to be diverted from yoga practice. We all have some experience of trying to concentrate by reading a book, and our mind is so disturbed that it does not allow us to concentrate on the book.\nActually, Arjuna is asking a very important question, for one is subject to failure in all types of yoga \u2013 be it the eightfold yoga system, the j\xf1\u0101na-yoga system of speculative philosophy, or the bhakti-yoga system of devotional service. Failure is possible on any of these paths, and the results of failure are clearly explained by \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Himself in the following dialogue with Arjuna (Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 6.38\u201344). Arjuna, continuing his inquiry, asks,\nkaccin nobhaya-vibhra\u1e63\u1e6da\u015b\nchinn\u0101bhram iva na\u015byati\naprati\u1e63\u1e6dho mah\u0101-b\u0101ho\nvim\u016b\u1e0dho brahma\u1e47a\u1e25 pathi\n\u201cO mighty-armed K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, does not such a man, who is bewildered from the path of transcendence, fall away from both spiritual and material success and perish like a riven cloud, with no position in any sphere?\u201d\netan me sa\u1e41\u015baya\u1e41 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\nchettum arhasy a\u015be\u1e63ata\u1e25\ntvad-anya\u1e25 sa\u1e41\u015bayasy\u0101sya\nchett\u0101 na hy upapadyate\n\u201cThis is my doubt, O K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, and I ask You to dispel it completely. But for Yourself, no one is to be found who can destroy this doubt.\u201d\n\u015br\u012b-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca\np\u0101rtha naiveha n\u0101mutra\nvin\u0101\u015bas tasya vidyate\nna hi kaly\u0101\u1e47a-k\u1e5bt ka\u015bcid\ndurgati\u1e41 t\u0101ta gacchati\n\u201cThe Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Son of P\u1e5bth\u0101, a transcendentalist engaged in auspicious activities does not meet with destruction either in this world or in the spiritual world; one who does good, My friend, is never overcome by evil.\u201d \u2022\u2022\u2022 read with us: biglink.to/pathofperfection & check out our website for the catalogue of all the books and episodes so far www.sravanamdiaries.com