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Bhagavad Gita 6.16

Chapter 6: Dhyana Yoga (The Yoga of Meditation) · ध्यानयोग

नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः ।न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन ॥

nātyaśnatastu yogo'sti na caikāntamanaśnataḥ |na cātisvapnaśīlasya jāgrato naiva cārjuna ||

Meaning of Gita 6.16 in English

Yoga is not for someone who eats too much or too little, nor for someone who sleeps too much or stays awake too much, Arjuna.

गीता 6.16 का हिंदी अर्थ

हे अर्जुन, यह योग न बहुत अधिक खाने वाले का सिद्ध होता है, न बिल्कुल न खाने वाले का; न बहुत सोने वाले का और न बहुत जागने वाले का।

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.