Bhagwad Gita - Post 70

Verse 16

Naatyashnatastu yogo’sti

Nachaikaantamanashnatah;

Na chaatiswapnasheelasya

Jaagrato naiva chaarjuna.

Verily Yoga is not possible for him who eats too much, nor for him who does not eat at all; nor for him who sleeps too much, nor for him who is (always) awake, O Arjuna!

Verse 17

Yuktaahaaravihaarasya

Yuktacheshtasya karmasu;

Yuktaswapnaavabodhasya

Yogo bhavati duhkhahaa.

Yoga becomes the destroyer of pain for him who is always moderate in eating and recreation (such as walking, etc.), who is moderate in exertion in actions, who is moderate in sleep and wakefulness.

Verse 18

Yadaa viniyatam

Chittamaatmanyevaavatishthate;

Nihsprihah sarvakaamebhyo

Yukta ityuchyate tadaa.

When the perfectly controlled mind rests in the Self only, free from longing for the objects of desire, then it is said: “He is united.”

Verse 19

Yathaa deepo nivaatastho

Nengate sopamaa smritaa;

Yogino yatachittasya

Yunjato yogamaatmanah.

As a lamp placed in a windless spot does not flicker—to such is compared the Yogi of controlled mind, practising Yoga in the Self (or absorbed in the Yoga of the Self).

Verse 20

Yatroparamate chittam

Niruddham yogasevayaa;

Yatra chaivaatmanaa’tmaanam

Pashyannaatmani tushyati.

When the mind, restrained by the practice of Yoga, attains to quietude, and when, seeing the Self by the Self, he is satisfied in his own Self.

Verse 21

Sukhamaatyantikam yattad

Buddhi graahyamateendriyam;

Vetti yatra na chaivaayam

Sthitashchalati tattwatah.

When he (the Yogi) feels that infinite bliss which can be grasped by the (pure) intellect and which transcends the senses, and, established wherein he never moves from the Reality,

Verse 22

Yam labdhwaa chaaparam

Laabham manyate naadhikam tatah;

Yasmin sthito na duhkhena

Gurunaapi vichaalyate.

Which, having obtained, he thinks there is no other gain superior to it; wherein established, he is not moved even by heavy sorrow.

Verse 23

Tam vidyaad duhkhasamyogaviyogam Yogasamjnitam;

Sa nishchayena yoktavyo

Yogo’nirvinna chetasaa.

Let that be known by the name of Yoga, the severance from union with pain. This Yoga should be practiced with determination and with an undesponding mind.

Continued...

Love.