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Question 1
What worry does Arjuna raise about the seeker who falls from yoga? A He fears that a sincere but unsuccessful seeker may lose both worldly support and spiritual success. B He fears that a successful yogi will become too respected by others. C He asks whether meditation should be replaced by scholarship alone. D He claims that anyone who falls once was never sincere.
Arjuna imagines the fallen seeker like a broken cloud: no longer fully worldly, yet not perfected in yoga. He wants to know whether effort is wasted.
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Question 2
Why does Arjuna turn directly to Krishna in verse 6.39? A He trusts Krishna as the one who can completely remove this deep doubt. B He wants Krishna to confirm that the question has no answer. C He is trying to avoid responsibility for practice. D He believes ordinary speculation has already solved the issue.
Arjuna shows humility and trust. This is not a small technical doubt; he asks Krishna to resolve a fear about the destiny of sincere effort.
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Question 3
What reassurance does Krishna give in verse 6.40? A One who walks the good path is never lost, either in this world or beyond it. B Only perfect seekers receive any benefit from spiritual effort. C Good effort matters only if it produces immediate visible success. D A fallen seeker must begin again with no benefit from past effort.
Krishna gives the core assurance of the section: sincere, righteous effort is preserved. Good action and spiritual striving do not vanish.
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Question 4
How do verses 6.41-6.42 describe the next opportunity for a fallen yogi? A The seeker receives supportive conditions, such as a pure prosperous family or the rare birth among wise people. B The seeker is denied future opportunity because incomplete practice is punished. C The seeker must return in conditions that make spiritual practice impossible. D The seeker receives only worldly pleasure and loses the spiritual path forever.
Krishna describes continuation, not cancellation. The seeker is given circumstances that help the unfinished path resume.
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Question 5
What happens to past spiritual effort in verses 6.43-6.44? A Past impressions revive, drawing the seeker back toward practice and making sincere striving greater than mere talk. B Past effort disappears completely unless it reached perfection in one lifetime. C Past effort becomes a burden that prevents the seeker from learning again. D Past impressions matter only for scholarship, not actual practice.
Krishna says the earlier practice reawakens. The seeker is naturally pulled back toward yoga, showing that sincere practice has lasting momentum.
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Question 6
What does verse 6.45 teach about the timeline of spiritual growth? A With earnest striving across many efforts and stages, the seeker is purified and reaches the highest goal. B If perfection is not immediate, the path has failed. C Time alone purifies the seeker, even without practice. D A seeker should stop striving because many lives may be involved.
Krishna gives hope without making effort optional. Progress may unfold over time, but sincere striving continues to purify and complete the path.
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Question 7
Why does Krishna urge Arjuna to become a yogi in verse 6.46? A The yogi integrates discipline, knowledge, and action through inner mastery and higher consciousness. B The yogi is superior because meditation rejects knowledge and action entirely. C The yogi wins status by being seen as more spiritual than others. D The yogi avoids all duties, unlike the person of action.
Krishna is not dismissing discipline, study, or action; He is pointing to the integrated yogi who carries them into direct inner realization.
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Question 8
How does verse 6.47 close Chapter 6? A It declares the best yogi to be the one who abides in Krishna with faith and devotion. B It says technique alone is higher than devotion. C It ends meditation by saying faith is unnecessary. D It ranks scholarship above the devotee who rests in Krishna.
The chapter moves from action to discipline to meditation, and ends by pointing forward to devotion. The highest yogi rests inwardly in Krishna with faith.
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