Shloka 17
अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman
हे अर्जुन! यह योग< न तो बहुत खानेवालेका, न बिलकुल न खानेवालेका, न बहुत शयन करनेके स्वभाव-वालेका और न सदा जागनेवालेका ही सिद्ध होता है? ।। युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु । युक्तस्वप्रावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा,दुःखोंका नाश करनेवाला योग तो यथायोग्य आहार-विहार करनेवालेका,* कर्मोमें यथायोग्य चेष्टा करनेवालेका* और यथायोग्य सोने तथा जागनेवालेका* ही सिद्ध होता है
na aty-aśnatas tu yogo 'sti na ca ekāntam anaśnataḥ | na ca ati-svapna-śīlasya jāgrato na eva cārjuna || yuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-ceṣṭasya karmasu | yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā ||
Arjuna said: This discipline of yoga does not succeed for one who eats to excess, nor for one who refuses food altogether; it does not succeed for one given to too much sleep, nor for one who keeps awake without rest. Yoga—the destroyer of sorrow—arises for the person who is balanced in food and recreation, measured in effort while performing duties, and regulated in sleep and wakefulness.
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