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Chapter 6, Verse 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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not
अति-अश्नतः
for one who eats too much
तु
indeed/but
योगः
yoga (union/discipline)
अस्ति
is/exists
not
and
एकान्तम्
exclusively/entirely
अनश्नतः
for one who does not eat (fasts excessively)
not
and
अति-स्वप्न-शीलस्य
for one habituated to excessive sleep
जाग्रतः
for one who stays awake (too much)
not
एव
indeed/certainly
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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अति-अश्नतः
तु
योगः
अस्ति
एकान्तम्
अनश्नतः
अति-स्वप्न-शीलस्य
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एव
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