Chapter 6 Verse 16 of 47

• nāty-aśnatas 'tu yogo 'sti
• na caikāntam anaśnataḥ
• na cāti-svapna-śīlasya
• jāgrato naiva cārjuna

Translation

There is no possibility of one's becoming a yogī, O Arjuna, if one eats too much or eats too little, sleeps too much or does not sleep enough.

Synonyms

• na

  never

• ati

  too much

• aśnataḥ

  of one who eats

• tu

  but

• yogaḥ

  linking with the Supreme

• asti

  there is

• na

  nor

• ca

  also

• ekāntam

  overly

• anaśnataḥ

  abstaining from eating

• na

  nor

• ca

  also

• ati

  too much

• śīlasya

  of one who sleeps

• jāgrataḥ

  or one who keeps night watch too much

• na

  not

• eva

  ever

• ca

  and

• arjuna

  O Arjuna.

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