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Dhyana Yoga · The Yoga of Meditation
Bhagavad Gita 6.16-17
Sanskrit
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः । न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन ॥6.16॥युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु । युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा ॥6.17॥
Transliteration
nātyaśnatastu yogo'sti na caikāntamanaśnataḥ | na cātisvapnaśīlasya jāgrato naiva cārjuna ‖6.16‖ yuktāhāravihārasya yuktaceṣṭasya karmasu | yuktasvapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkhahā ‖6.17‖
Meaning
“Yoga is not for one who eats too much, nor for one who does not eat at all; not for one given to too much sleep, nor for one who stays awake too long, O Arjuna. For one moderate in food and recreation, moderate in effort in actions, moderate in sleep and waking, yoga becomes the destroyer of sorrow.”
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Theme: The Yoga of Meditation
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