अर्जुन
In plain words
Arjuna said: What becomes of one who has faith but does not strive enough, whose manas falls away from yoga before attaining perfection in yoga, Krishna?
Word for word
Not striving [though] endowed with faith, whose mind has strayed from yoga, not having attained the perfection of yoga, to what end does [he] go, O Kṛṣṇa?
अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसःअप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति
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▸Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam
तत्र योगाभ्यासाङ्गीकरणेन इहलोकपरलोकप्राप्तिनिमित्तानि कर्माणि संन्यस्तानि, योगसिद्धिफलं च मोक्षसाधनं सम्यग्दर्शनं न प्राप्तमिति, योगी योगमार्गात् मरणकाले चलितचित्तः इति तस्य नाशमशङ्क्य अर्जुन उवाच —
अयतिः अप्रयत्नवान् योगमार्गे श्रद्धया आस्तिक्यबुद्ध्या च उपेतः योगात् अन्तकाले च चलितं मानसं मनो यस्य सः चलितमानसः भ्रष्टस्मृतिः सः अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं योगफलं सम्यग्दर्शनं कां गतिं हे कृष्ण गच्छति ॥ ३७ ॥
In plain words
In that case: by taking up the practice of yoga, the actions that win this world and the next have already been let go — and right seeing, the fruit of perfected yoga and the very means to liberation, has not yet been reached. And the yogī, at the hour of death, is one whose mind has slipped from the path of yoga. Fearing ruin for such a man, Arjuna said —
Someone without effort—lacking diligence—on the path of yoga, yet endowed with faith and a believing mind; and whose mind, at the moment of death, wavers, his recollection slipping away—such a person, never having reached yoga's perfection, its true fruit, right vision—what destiny does he go to, Kṛṣṇa?
Close to the Sanskrit
There, by the taking-up of the practice of yoga, the actions which are the cause of attaining this world and the next have been renounced; and right seeing, which is the fruit of yoga's perfection and the means to liberation, has not been attained — thus; the yogī, at the time of death, is one whose mind has strayed from the path of yoga — thus; apprehending his ruin, Arjuna said —
‘One without effort’—i.e. without diligence—on the path of yoga, endowed with faith and a believing intellect; and, at the time of death, his mental faculty, mind, having wavered, of whom it is so, he is ‘one whose mind has wavered,’ i.e. whose recollection has slipped away—he, not having attained the perfection of yoga—i.e. the fruit of yoga, right vision—what destiny, O Kṛṣṇa, does he go to?