Sanskrit · Devanagari
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः। न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
nātyaśnatastu yogo.asti na caikāntamanaśnataḥ na cātisvapnaśīlasya jāgrato naiva cārjuna
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Devotion is not his, O Arjuna ! who eats too much, nor his who cats not at all not his who is addicted to too much sleep nor his who is (ever) awake. That devotion which destroys (all) misery is his
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।6.16।। न अत्यश्नतः आत्मसंमितमन्नपरिमाणमतीत्याश्नतः अत्यश्नतः न योगः अस्ति। न च एकान्तम् अनश्नतः योगः अस्ति। यदु ह वा आत्मसंमितमन्नं तदवति तन्न हिनस्ति यद्भूयो हिनस्ति तद्यत् कनीयोऽन्नं न तदवति (शतपथ) इति श्रुतेः। तस्मात् योगी न आत्मसंमितात् अन्नात् अधिकं न्यूनं वा अश्नीयात्। अथवा योगिनः योगशास्त्रे परिपठितात् अन्नपरिमाणात् अतिमात्रमश्नतः योगो नास्ति। उक्तं हि अधर्मशब्दस्य सव्यञ्जनान्नस्य तृतीयमुदकस्य च। वायोः संचरणार्थं तु चतुर्थमवशेषयेत् इत्यादिपरिमाणम्। तथा न च अतिस्वप्नशीलस्य योगो भवति नैव च अतिमात्रं जाग्रतो भवति च अर्जुन।।कथं पुनः योगो भवति इत्युच्यते
fd1f7192a799…Rāmānuja
6.16 Over-eating and excessive fasting are opposed to Yoga. So also are excessive recreation and non-recreation, too much of sleep and too much of vigil. So too, are overwork and idleness.
5ccb9c547a24…Swami Sivananda
6.16 न not? अत्यश्नतः of one who eats too much? तु verily? योगः Yoga? अस्ति is? न not? च and? एकान्तम् at all? अनश्नतः of one who does not eat? न not? च and? अतिस्वप्नशीलस्य of one who sleeps too much? जाग्रतः one who is awake? न not? एव even? च and? अर्जुन O Arjuna.Commentary In this verse the Lord prescribes the diet for the students of Yoga. You must observe moderation in eating and sleeping. If you eat too much you will feel drowsy? and sleep will overpower you. You will get indigestion? flatulence? diseases of the bowels and the liver. If you eat too little you will get weakness and you will not be able to sit for a long time in meditation. You should eat neither more nor less than what is actually necessary for maintaining the body in a healthy and strong state.It may mean also that success in Yoga is not possible for him who eats more than the antity prescribed in the text books on Yoga. They prescribe Half the stomach must be filled with food a arter with water and the remaining fourth must be empty for the free movement of air. This is the Mitahara or moderate diest for a student of Yoga.If you sleep too much you will become lethargic. The mind will be dull and the body will be heavy. You cannot meditate. If you sleep too little you will experience drowsiness. You will sleep during meditation. Keep the golden medium. You will have rapid progress in Yoga.
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