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अर्जुन उवाच योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन। एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात् स्थितिं स्थिराम्।।

Arjuna uvāca yo ’yaṁ yogas tvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana etasyāhaṁ na paśyāmi cañcalatvāt sthitiṁ sthirām

arjunaḥ (Arjuna) uvāca (said) yaḥ (which) ayam (this) yogaḥ (yoga) tvayā (by You) proktaḥ (spoken) sāmyena (by equanimity) madhusūdana (O killer of Madhu) etasya (of this) aham (I) na (not) paśyāmi (see) cañcalatvāt (due to restlessness) sthitim (situation) sthirām (steady)

Arjuna said: O Madhusūdana, the system of yoga which You have summarized appears impractical and unendurable to me, for the mind is restless and unsteady.

Arjuna interrupts Kṛṣṇa’s description of the perfect yogī with a very honest objection. He says that the system of yoga based on equanimity and equal vision appears impractical and impossible to sustain. Why? Because the mind is too ‘cañcalatvāt’, too restless. Arjuna is speaking for all of us. Kṛṣṇa has just described a state of being where one is unshakeable in tragedy and sees gold and stone equally. Arjuna, facing the most intense emotional storm of his life, says, “I just don’t see how this can be steady.” He admits that while the theory sounds beautiful, the reality of human psychology makes it feel out of reach. He addresses Kṛṣṇa as ‘Madhusūdana’, the killer of demons, perhaps hoping that Kṛṣṇa will kill the ‘demon’ of his restlessness. This verse shows that Arjuna is listening carefully, but he is also being realistic about his own current limits. He is asking for a more practical way to handle the turbulence of his own mind.