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Bhagavad-ച്ച്‌കു As Jt Is
[Ch 6]
transcendental path is more or less to declare war on illusory energy. Consequently, whenever a person tries to escape the clutches of the illusory energy, she tries to defeat the practitioner by various allurements. A conditioned soul is already allured by the modes of material energy, and there is every chance of being allured again, even while performing transcendental disciplines. This is called  yogāt calita-mānasaḥ : deviation from the transcendental path. Arjuna is inquisitive to know the results of deviation from the path of self-realization.
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कच्चिनोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति । अप्रतिष्ठो महाचाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि ॥ ३८ ॥
kaccin nobhaya-vibhraṣṭaś chinnābhram iva naśyati apratiṣṭho mahā-bāho vimūḍho brahmaṇah pathi
kaccit —whether;  na —not;  ubhaya —both;  vibhraṣṭaḥ —deviated from;  chinna —fallen;  abhram —cloud;  iva —likened;  naśyati —perishes;  apratiṣṭhaḥ —without any position;  mahā-bāho —O mighty-armed Kṛṣṇa;  vimūḍhaḥ —bewildered;  brahmaṇaḥ —of Transcendence;  pathi —on the path.
TRANSLATION
O mighty-armed Krşna, does not such a man, being deviated from the path of Transcendence, perish like a riven cloud, with no position in any sphere?
PURPORT
There are two ways to progress. Those who are materialists have no interest in Transcendence; therefore they are more interested in material advancement by economic development, or in promotion to the higher planets by appropriate work. When one takes to the path of Transcendence, one has to cease all material activities and sacrifice all forms of so-called material happiness. If the aspiring transcendentalist fails, then he apparently loses both ways; in other words, he can enjoy neither material happiness nor spiritual success. He has no position; he is like a riven cloud. A cloud