Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 15
Chapter 6
Verse 16 of 47
Verse 17
Verse 6.16
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः। न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन ॥6.16॥
6.16 nātyaśnatas tu yogo ‘sti na caikāntam anaśnataḥ na cātisvapnaśīlasya jāgrato naiva cārjuna
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

But discipline (yoga) is not for one who eats too much, nor for one who does not eat at all, Nor for one prone to excessive sleep, nor indeed for one who is always awake, O Arjuna.

Stoller MillerLiterary

Gluttons have no discipline, nor the man who starves himself, nor he who sleeps excessively or suffers wakefulness.

ZaehnerJesuit

(16) But [this] spiritual exercise is not for him who eats too much, nor yet for him who does not eat at all, nor for him who is all too prone to sleep, nor yet for him who [always] stays awake.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

6.16 But, O Arjuna, Yoga is not for one who eats too much, nor for one who does not eat at all; neither for one who habitually sleeps too long, nor surely for one who keeps awake.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

6.16 Yoga is not for him who over-eats, nor for him who fasts excessively; not for him, O Arjuna, who sleeps too much, nor for him who stays awake too long.

SivanandaVedanta

6.16 Verily Yoga is not possible for him who eats too much, nor for him who does not eat at all, nor for him who sleeps too much, nor for him who is (always) awake, O Arjuna.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 15
Chapter 6
Verse 16 of 47
Verse 17