BG 6.17

For those who regulate their food and recreation, who are temperate in their sleep and wakefulness, Yoga is the destroyer of unhappiness.

युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु
युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा

yuktāhāra-vihārasya — diet and exercise
- yuktāhāra — moderate eating
  yukta—moderate; āhāra—eating
- vihārasya — recreation
yukta-cheṣhṭasya — united with balance
- yukta — united
- cheṣhṭasya — balance
karmasu — in work
yukta-svapnāvabodhasya — regulated sleep and wakefulness
- yukta — united, regulated
- svapnāvabodhasya — sleep and wakefulness
yogo — Yoga
bhavati — becomes
duḥkha-hā — the slayer of sorrows
- duḥkha
- hā

Meditation is not for one who eats too much, or does not eat at all. It is not for those who sleep too much, or stay awake too long.

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For those who regulate their food and recreation, who are temperate in their sleep and wakefulness, Yoga is the destroyer of unhappiness.

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When the mind is subdued and remains centered in the self, one attains freedom from cravings and desire.

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The yogi who has disciplined the mind and meditates diligently on the self is like a lamp in a windless place that does not flicker.

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When the mind, restrained through practice, becomes still, and when one finds satisfication in the inner self,

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when one knows that infinite happiness can be grasped by the intellect but is beyond the reach of the senses, one never strays from reality again.

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Having gained it, one realizes that there is nothing greater to gain. Once established in it, no calamity can disturb them.

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Summary