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.
