Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 12/Verse 9

अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम् ।

अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनंजय ॥१२- ९॥

atha cittaṃ samādhātuṃ na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram ।
abhyāsayogena tato māmicchāptuṃ dhanaṃjaya ॥12- 9॥

But if you are not able to place the mind steadily in me, then by the yoga of practice you must seek to attain me, Conqueror of Wealth. 


atha (adverb) (indeclinable) = but if

cittam (neuter, accusative, singular) = mind

samādhātum (infinitive) (indeclinable) = to place

na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not

śaknoṣi (present tense, 2nd person, singular) = you are able 

mayi (pronoun, 1st person, instrumental, singular) = in me 

sthiram (accusative used adverbially) (neuter, accusative, singular) = steadily 

abhyāsayogena (abhyāsa + yogena) (masculine, instrumental, singular) = by the yoga of practice 

tatas (adverb) (indeclinable) = then 

mām (pronoun, 1st person, accusative, singular) = me 

iccha (imperative, 2nd person, singular) = you must seek 

āptum (infinitive) (indeclinable) = to attain 

dhanaṃjaya (masculine, vocative, singular) = Conqueror of Wealth (epithet of Arjuna)