Chapter 6 · The yoga of meditation
Bhagavad Gita 6.16–17
Moderation in food, rest and work.
Shri Bhagavan
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः ।
न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन ॥
nātyaśnatastu yogo’sti na caikāntamanaśnataḥ / na cātisvapnaśīlasya jāgrato naiva cārjuna
युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु ।
युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा ॥
yuktāhāravihārasya yuktaceṣṭasya karmasu / yuktasvapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkhahā
Yoga is not for the man who eats too much, Arjuna, nor for the man who does not eat at all; not for one who sleeps too much, nor for one who stays awake. For the man who is measured in eating and in rest, measured in the effort he puts into work, measured in sleep and waking, yoga becomes the end of sorrow.
हिंदी · अर्जुन, योग न उसका होता है जो बहुत खाता है, न उसका जो बिलकुल नहीं खाता; न उसका जो बहुत सोता है, न उसका जो जागता ही रहता है। जो खाने और घूमने-फिरने में संतुलित है, काम में अपना श्रम संतुलित रखता है, और सोने-जागने में संतुलित है, उसके लिए योग दुख का अंत बन जाता है।
What it means
Moderation in food, rest and work.
Yoga is not for one who eats too much or too little, sleeps too much or too little. For one who is moderate in food and recreation, in effort, in sleep and waking, yoga destroys all sorrow.
This is the Trust’s own reading, written for this site. The verse above it is the text.