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6.17Krishna
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युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु ।युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा ॥

yuktāhāravihārasya yuktaceṣṭasya karmasu |yuktasvapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkhahā ||

युक्ताहारविहारस्य · yuktāhāravihārasya
of one measured in food and movement
युक्तचेष्टस्य · yuktaceṣṭasya
measured in effort
युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य · yuktasvapnāvabodhasya
measured in sleep and waking
दुःखहा · duḥkhahā
destroyer of suffering

For one measured in food and movement, measured in effort at work, measured in sleep and waking — his yoga becomes the destroyer of suffering.

Original plain-language translation

Yukta, measured and yoked, repeats like a refrain across eating, acting, and resting. Moderation is the whole-life mat of meditation. Such yoga earns its title by ending pain.

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