अर्जुन
In plain words
Arjuna said: Madhusudana, this yoga of equality that You have taught—I do not see how it can remain steady because of the mind's restlessness.
Word for word
This yoga which has been taught by You as sameness, O slayer of Madhu, of this I do not see a steady continuance, because of restlessness.
योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदनएतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात् स्थितिं स्थिराम्
Other commentaries
The commentators
▸Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam
एतस्य यथोक्तस्य सम्यग्दर्शनलक्षणस्य योगस्य दुःखसम्पाद्यतामालक्ष्य शुश्रूषुः ध्रुवं तत्प्राप्त्युपायमर्जुन उवाच —
यः अयं योगः त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन समत्वेन हे मधुसूदन एतस्य योगस्य अहं न पश्यामि नोपलभे, चञ्चलत्वात् मनसः । किम् ? स्थिराम् अचलां स्थितिम् ॥ ३३ ॥
In plain words
Seeing how hard this yoga is to bring about — the yoga just described, the one whose mark is right seeing — Arjuna wanted to hear a sure way to reach it, and said:
The yoga you have just set out, Madhusūdana — set out as sameness, which is to say as evenness of mind — of that yoga I do not see, I cannot lay hold of, because the mind will not stay still. Cannot lay hold of what? A steady state — steady meaning one that does not stir at all. || 33 ||
Close to the Sanskrit
Having observed the hard-to-accomplish nature of this yoga as stated, whose defining mark is right seeing, Arjuna, wishing to hear a sure means of attaining it, said —
This yoga which was spoken by you through sameness — [that is,] through evenness — O Madhusūdana: of this yoga I do not see, [that is,] I do not obtain, because of the restlessness of the mind. Do not see what? The steady — [that is,] the unmoving — state. || 33 ||