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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 6 · Dhyāna Yoga

Shloka 6.16

Lesson 249 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Discipline of mind, meditation and balance. How can attention and daily discipline support a balanced inner life?

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Shloka · Devanagari

नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः।न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

nātyaśhnatastu yogo ’sti na chaikāntam anaśhnataḥna chāti-svapna-śhīlasya jāgrato naiva chārjuna

Sandhi-vicheda

na+ati+aśhnataḥ+tu+yogaḥ+asti+na+cha+ekāntam+anaśhnataḥ+na+cha+ati+svapna-śhīlasya+jāgrataḥ+na+eva+cha+arjuna

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Meaning of each word

nasource form

not

atisource form

too much

aśhnataḥsource form

of one who eats

tusource form

however

yogaḥsource form

Yog

astisource form

there is

nasource form

not

chasource form

and

ekāntamsource form

at all

anaśhnataḥsource form

abstaining from eating

nasource form

not

chasource form

and

atisource form

too much

svapna-śhīlasyasource form

of one who sleeps

jāgrataḥsource form

of one who does not sleep enough

nasource form

not

evasource form

certainly

chasource form

and

arjunasource form

Arjun

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।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

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 6.16

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