Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]Striving with diligent effort, the yogi — purified of taint — perfected across many births, then goes to the highest goal.
BG 6.45
प्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिषः | अनेकजन्मसंसिद्धस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ||४५||
prayatnād yatamānas tu yogī saṃśuddhakilbiṣaḥ | anekajannasaṃsiddhas tato yāti parāṃ gatim || 45 ||
"Striving through many births, fully purified, the yogi — perfected across lifetimes — reaches the highest goal."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]The Yogi, striving assiduously, puri- fied of taint, gradually gaining perfection through many births, then reaches the highest goal.
Annie Besant & Bhagavan Das, The Bhagavad Gītā (1905)
[5]The Yogi strenuously struggling, cleansed from sin, perfected through many births, he then goeth to the highest path.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]But the Yogi who struggles and strives, cleansed from sin and perfected through many lives, attains the highest goal.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]And this last shall reach — yogi of careful striving, washed from sin, and many births perfecting — the highest bliss.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]The Yogi striving with diligence, purified from all sins, gradually gaining perfection through many lives, reaches the highest goal.