Chapter 6 · The Yoga of Meditation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
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Text 6.17

युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दु:खहा

yuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-cheṣhṭasya karmasu yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā

Recitation · Text 6.17
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (9 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

For one moderate in eating and recreation, measured in effort at work, regulated in sleeping and waking — yoga becomes the destroyer of sorrow. Recreation is named alongside diet and sleep, and not as a concession.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Recreation is named alongside diet and sleep — regulated, not eliminated.