Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 6 · The Way of Meditation

    Verse 17

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 6, Verse 17

    युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु। युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा।।6.17।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-cheṣhṭasya karmasu yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā

    Translation

    Yoga becomes the destroyer of sorrows for those who are temperate in food and recreation, temperate in their actions, and temperate in their sleep and wakefulness.
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