Failure

मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः। आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत॥

The contact of senses with their objects gives rise to feelings of cold and heat, pleasure and pain. They are temporary, appearing and disappearing. Bear them patiently, O Arjuna.

सन्न्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः। योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति॥

O mighty-armed Arjuna, renunciation is difficult to attain without the yoga of action. The sage who is devoted to yoga quickly attains Brahman.

न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्। स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः॥

One should not rejoice upon obtaining what is pleasant nor grieve upon obtaining what is unpleasant. With steady intellect and free from delusion, the knower of Brahman is established in Brahman.

अर्जुन उवाच। अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः। अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति॥

Arjuna said: O Krishna, what is the fate of one who has faith but lacks perseverance, whose mind wanders from yoga, and who fails to attain perfection?

कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति। अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि॥

Does such a person not perish like a scattered cloud, O mighty-armed Krishna — fallen from both paths, supportless and deluded on the path to Brahman?