Bhagavad Gita · Dhyana Yoga (Atma-samyama Yoga)Chapter 6, Shloka 17 (6.17)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु
युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा
॥ 6.17 ॥
yuktāhāravihārasya yuktaceṣṭasya karmasu
yuktasvapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkhahā
Translation
"For one whose eating and recreation are balanced, whose effort in work is balanced, whose sleep and waking are balanced — their yoga becomes the destroyer of sorrow."
Interpretation
"Yukta" — four areas. Food, recreation (moving about), effort in work, and sleep and waking.
Shankaracharya. Āhriyate iti āhāraḥ annam, viharaṇaṃ vihāraḥ pāda-kramaḥ — food = what is taken in (food); recreation = walking; yuktau niyata-parimāṇau — both in a set measure; yuktā niyatā ceṣṭā yasya karmasu; svapnaś ca avabodhaś ca tau niyata-kālau — sleeping and waking at set times. The fruit: duḥkhahā duḥkhāni sarvāṇi hantīti … sarva-saṃsāra-duḥkha-kṣaya-kṛt — that which destroys all the sorrows of samsara.
Acharya Ramanuja. Mitāhāra-vihārasya mitāyāsasya mita-svapnāvabodhasya sakala-duḥkhahā bandha-nāśano yogaḥ saṃpanno bhavati — for one with measured food and recreation, measured effort, measured sleep and waking, yoga is accomplished that removes all sorrow and destroys bondage.
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