Verse 28

Amritnada

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

भयं क्रोधमथालस्यमतिस्वप्नातिजागरम् । अत्याहरमनाहरं नित्यं योगी विवर्जयेत् ॥२८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

भयम् । क्रोधम् । अथ । आलस्यम् । अति-स्वप्न । अति-जागरम् । अति-आहारम् । अन्-आहारम् । नित्यम् । योगी । विवर्जयेत् ॥

IAST Transliteration

bhayaṃ krodham athālasyam atisvapnātijāgaram | atyāhāram anāhāraṃ nityaṃ yogī vivarjayet ||28||

Translation

La peur, la colère et la paresse ; l’excès de sommeil et l’excès de veille ; la suralimentation et le jeûne — le yogin doit toujours s’en abstenir.

Academic Translation

Fear, anger, and also laziness; excessive sleep and excessive wakefulness; overeating and fasting—these a yogin should always avoid.

Verse Context

• Sādhana; Vairāgya; Mind-purification (citta-śuddhi)
• Mahavakya: Preparatory: ethical-psychological discipline as an aid to the steady mind required for mahāvākya-based inquiry and realization.
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (later Yoga-Upaniṣad tradition; śākhā attribution not firmly fixed in critical scholarship) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)