Shloka 17

अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman

Devanagari script

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? ।।

Transliteration

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 ||

Translation

အို အာర్జုန! ယောဂကျင့်စဉ်သည် အလွန်အကျွံစားသောက်သူအတွက်လည်း မအောင်မြင်၊ အစာကိုလုံးဝငြင်းပယ်သူအတွက်လည်း မအောင်မြင်။ အလွန်အကျွံအိပ်စက်သူအတွက်လည်း မအောင်မြင်၊ အနားမယူဘဲ အမြဲနိုးနေသူအတွက်လည်း မအောင်မြင်။ ဒုက္ခကိုဖျက်ဆီးသော ယောဂသည် အစားအစာနှင့် အပန်းဖြေမှုတို့၌ မျှတသူ၊ တာဝန်ကိစ္စများ၌ ကြိုးပမ်းအားထုတ်မှုကို တိုင်းတာတတ်သူ၊ အိပ်စက်ခြင်းနှင့် နိုးခြင်းကို စည်းကမ်းတကျ ထိန်းညှိထားသူအတွက်သာ ပေါ်ထွန်းလာသည်။

Word by Word

• युक्त: regulated/appropriate
• युक्त: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आहार: food/intake
• आहार: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहार
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विहारस्य: recreation/activities
• विहारस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विहार
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• युक्त: regulated/appropriate
• युक्त: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• चेष्टस्य: effort/activity
• चेष्टस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेष्टा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• कर्मसु: in actions/works
• कर्मसु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• युक्त: regulated/appropriate
• युक्त: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• स्वप्न: sleep
• स्वप्न: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अवबोधस्य: wakefulness/being awake
• अवबोधस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवबोध
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• योगः: yoga/discipline
• योगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवति: becomes/is
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

• दुःख: sorrow/suffering
• दुःख: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हा: destroying/removing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Yoga succeeds through moderation: regulated eating and recreation, measured effort in one’s duties, and balanced sleep and wakefulness. Extremes—overindulgence or harsh deprivation—disturb steadiness of mind and obstruct the removal of sorrow.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of the Kurukṣetra context, the dialogue turns to practical discipline. Arjuna voices (and the teaching emphasizes) that inner steadiness is supported by an orderly daily life, linking spiritual practice to ethical self-regulation rather than ascetic extremes.