Bhagavad Gita 6.45: meaning and translation
Chapter 6: Dhyana Yoga. Krishna says
Krishna says that the yogī who strives hard, cleansed of faults and perfected over many births, then reaches the highest goal.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.45
प्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिषः ।अनेकजन्मसंसिद्धस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥
Prayatnadyatamanastu yogi sanshuddhakilbishahAnekajanmasansiddhastato yati param gatim
prayatnādyatamānastu yogī saṃśuddhakilbiṣaḥ |anekajanmasaṃsiddhastato yāti parāṃ gatim ||
Our explanation Krishna says that the yogī who strives hard, cleansed of faults and perfected over many births, then reaches the highest goal.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो योगी पूरे प्रयत्न से साधना करता है, दोषों से शुद्ध होकर और अनेक जन्मों में सिद्ध होकर, वह फिर परम गति को पाता है।
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- प्रयत्नात् prayatnāt · with effort (noun (masculine), ablative singular) Dictionary: pra-yatna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 687, col. 3 “persevering effort, continued exertion or endeavour”
- यतमानः yatamānaḥ · striving (present participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. yat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 840, col. 3 “to exert one's self, take pains, endeavour, make effort”
- तु tu · but (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. tu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 449, col. 3 “but”
- योगी yogī · the yogī (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yogin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 857, col. 3 “a follower of the Yoga system, a Yogin (usually called Yogī) or contemplative saint”
- संशुद्धकिल्बिषः saṃśuddhakilbiṣaḥ · cleansed of faults (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: saṃ-śuddha-kilbiṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1117, col. 3 “one whose offences are expiated, purified from sin”
- अनेकजन्मसंसिद्धः anekajanmasaṃsiddhaḥ · perfected over many births (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: an-eka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 42, col. 2 “not one, many, much”; janman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 411, col. 3 “birth, production”; saṃ-siddha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1119, col. 2 “fully or thoroughly performed or accomplished”
- ततः tataḥ · then (indeclinable) Dictionary: tatas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 432, col. 2 “thereupon, then, after that”
- याति yāti · reaches (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. yā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 849, col. 1 “to go, proceed, move, walk, set out”
- पराम् parām · highest (adjective (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. para, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 586, col. 1 “better or worse than, superior or inferior to, best or worst, highest, supreme, chief”
- गतिम् gatim · goal (noun (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: gati, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 347, col. 3 “path, way, course”
Old translations
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 73.
But the devotee working with great efforts1, and cleared of his sins, attains perfection after many births, and then reaches the supreme goal.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - As distinguished from the others who work half-heartedly, so to say. See p. 72. ↩
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 73.
But the devotee working with great efforts1, and cleared of his sins, attains perfection after many births, and then reaches the supreme goal.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - As distinguished from the others who work half-heartedly, so to say. See p. 72. ↩
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 73.
But the Yogî, verily, labouring with assiduity, purified from sin, fully perfected through manifold births, he treadeth the supreme Path.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 142.
The Yogi striving assiduously, purified of taint, gradually gaining perfection through many births, then reaches the highest goal.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 73. Bhagavad Gita 6.45.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 73. Bhagavad Gita 6.45.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 142. Bhagavad Gita 6.45.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.45
प्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिषः ।
अनेकजन्मसंसिद्धस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥
“But the devotee working with great efforts, and cleared of his sins, attains perfection after many births, and then reaches the supreme goal.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 73, public domain)
“But the Yogî, verily, labouring with assiduity, purified from sin, fully perfected through manifold births, he treadeth the supreme Path.”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 73, public domain)
This sentence begins in 6.44.
“The Yogi striving assiduously, purified of taint, gradually gaining perfection through many births, then reaches the highest goal.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 142, public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Translation
- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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- October 25, 2026