Bhagavad Gita · 6.16-17
॥
Devanāgarī
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः ।
न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन ॥
युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु ।
युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nātyaśnatas tu yogo 'sti na caikāntam anaśnataḥ |
na cātisvapnaśīlasya jāgrato naiva cārjuna ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
न अति अश्नतःna ati aśnataḥnot for one who eats too much.
तु योगः अस्तिtu yogaḥ astitruly, there is yoga.
न च एकान्तम्na ca ekāntamand not for one who wholly.
अनश्नतःan-aśnataḥdoes not eat.
न च अतिस्वप्नशीलस्यna ca ati-svapna-śīlasyaand not for one who is inclined to sleep too much.
जाग्रतःjāgrataḥand [not for one who] stays awake [too much].
न एव चna eva caand truly not.
अर्जुनarjunaO Arjuna!
युक्ताहारविहारस्यyukta-āhāra-vihārasyaone whose eating (āhāra) and recreation (vihāra) are moderate (yukta).
युक्तचेष्टस्यyukta-ceṣṭasyaone whose activity (ceṣṭā) is moderate.
कर्मसुkarmasuin actions.
युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्यyukta-svapna-avabodhasyaone whose sleep (svapna) and waking (avabodha) are moderate.
योगःyogaḥyoga.
भवतिbhavatibecomes.
दुःखहाduḥkha-hāthe destroyer (hā) of suffering (duḥkha).
Translation
“O Arjuna, yoga is not for one who eats too much or too little, nor for one who sleeps too much or stays awake too long. (16) But for one who is moderate in eating and recreation, whose efforts in action are balanced, and whose sleep and waking are regulated, — for such a person yoga becomes the means of destroying all suffering. (17)”
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