Sanskrit
प्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिषः । अनेकजन्मसंसिद्धस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥
prayatnād yatamānas tu yogī saṃśuddhakilbiṣaḥ anekajanmasaṃsiddhas tato yāti parāṃ gatim
Translation
But the Yogi, labouring with assiduity, purified from sin, fully perfected through manifold births, he reacheth the supreme goal.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
This closes the arc opened at verse 37 with the full answer: sustained effort across many births eventually reaches the supreme goal. No sincere striving is wasted, but the text is equally clear that this can take more than one lifetime — a direct, unhurried answer to Arjuna’s anxiety about failure.
Concepts