Bhagavad Gita 6.16
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः। न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन।।6.16।।
nātyaśnatastu yogo'sti na caikāntamanaśnataḥ. na cātisvapnaśīlasya jāgrato naiva cārjuna৷৷6.16৷৷
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- न
- not
- अति-अश्नतः
- for one who eats too much
- तु
- indeed/but
- योगः
- yoga (union/discipline)
- अस्ति
- is/exists
- न
- not
- च
- and
- एकान्तम्
- exclusively/entirely
- अनश्नतः
- for one who does not eat (fasts excessively)
- न
- not
- च
- and
- अति-स्वप्न-शीलस्य
- for one habituated to excessive sleep
- जाग्रतः
- for one who stays awake (too much)
- न
- not
- एव
- indeed/certainly
- च
- and
- अर्जुन
- O Arjuna
Commentary
16. Yoga is not possible for him who eats too much, nor for him who does not eat at all, nor for him who is addicted to too much sleep, nor for him who is (ever) wakeful, O Arjuna,
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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