Arjuna's Fear of Losing Both Worlds

Arjuna’s concern deepens… and the imagery here is powerful. He asks Krishna:

“What if a person falls from both paths?” Not fully in the world…

and not fully established in yoga. Like a cloud that has drifted away from the sky —

with no place to belong… just dissolving into nothingness. Arjuna fears this

fate for the sincere seeker: To lose the joy of worldly life, yet never attain

spiritual peace. To be suspended… rootless… unanchored… a wanderer between

two worlds. This question reveals Arjuna’s compassion — he is not just thinking

of himself. He is thinking of every soul who tries to rise, but is overwhelmed