Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 6: The Path of Meditation

Bhagavad Gita 6.37

ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāccalitamānasaḥ | aprāpya yogasaṃsiddhiṃ kāṃ gatiṃ kṛṣṇa gacchati ||

One who has faith but whose effort falls short, whose mind strays from yoga and who does not reach perfection in it: what becomes of that person, Krishna?

Modern context

Arjuna asks the question that troubles every sincere person who has started something and not finished it. What about someone who had faith and began the path, but whose effort was not enough and whose mind drifted away? Is all that effort simply wasted? It is the fear behind many unstarted projects: if I might fail, why begin? The question deserves a real answer, and Krishna gives one.