6.16 नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः। न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन
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na—not;ati—too much;aśhnataḥ—of one who eats;tu—however;yogaḥ—Yog;asti—there is;na—not;cha—and;ekāntam—at all;anaśhnataḥ—abstaining from eating;na—not;cha—and;ati—too much;svapna-śhīlasya—of one who sleeps;jāgrataḥ—of one who does not sleep enough;na—not;eva—certainly;cha—and;arjuna—Arjun
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Yoga is neither for him who eats too much, nor for him who totally abstains from eating, nor for him who is prone to sleeping too much, nor for him who keeps awake too much.
Meditation is not for him who eats too much, not for him who eats not at all; not for him who is overmuch addicted to sleep, not for him who is always awake.
Yoga is not for him who over-eats, nor for him who fasts excessively; not for him, O Arjuna, who sleeps too much, nor for him who stays awake too long.
But, O Arjuna, Yoga is not for one who eats too much, nor for one who does not eat at all; neither for one who habitually sleeps too long, nor surely for one who keeps awake.
Verily Yoga is not possible for him who eats too much, nor for him who does not eat at all; nor for him who sleeps too much, nor for him who is (always) awake, O Arjuna!
6.18 यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते। निःस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा
yadā viniyataṃ cittam
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yadā—when;viniyatam—fully controlled;chittam—the mind;ātmani—of the self;eva—certainly;avatiṣhṭhate—stays;nispṛihaḥ—free from cravings;sarva—all;kāmebhyaḥ—for yearning of the senses;yuktaḥ—situated in perfect Yog;iti—thus;uchyate—is said;tadā—then
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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When his mind, well-controlled, is established in nothing but the Self, and he is free from craving for any desired object—at that time he is called a master of Yoga.
When the mind, completely controlled, is centered in the Self, and free from all earthly desires, then is the man truly spiritual.
When the subdued mind rests on the self alone, then, free of all yearning for objects of desire, one is said to be fit for Yoga.
A man who has become free from hankering for all desirable objects is then said to be Self-absorbed when the controlled mind rests in the Self alone.
When the perfectly controlled mind rests in the Self only, free from longing for the objects of desire, then it is said: “He is united.”
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ध्यानयोग
Chapter 6: The Yoga of Meditation
dhyānayoga
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6.17 युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु। युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा
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Word meanings
yukta—moderate;āhāra—eating;vihārasya—recreation;yukta cheṣhṭasya karmasu—balanced in work;yukta—regulated;svapna-avabodhasya—sleep and wakefulness;yogaḥ—Yog;bhavati—becomes;duḥkha-hā—the slayer of sorrows
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The Yoga becomes a misery-killer for him whose effort for food is appropriate, exertion in activities is proper, and whose sleep and waking are proportionate.
But for him who regulates his food and recreation, who is balanced in action, in sleep and in waking, it shall dispel all unhappiness.
Yoga becomes the destroyer of sorrows to him who is temperate in food and recreation, who is temperate in actions, who is temperate in sleep and wakefulness.
Yoga becomes a destroyer of sorrow of one whose eating and movements are regulated, whose effort in works is moderate, and whose sleep and wakefulness are temperate.
Yoga becomes the destroyer of pain for him who is always moderate in eating and recreation (such as walking, etc.), who is moderate in exertion in actions, who is moderate in sleep and wakefulness.
