6.17 The slayer of sorrow Krishna speaks
युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु
युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा
yuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-cheṣhṭasya karmasu
yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā
For one moderate in eating and rest, balanced in work, measured in sleep and waking — yoga becomes the slayer of sorrow.
Explanation
Moderate, and then a startling phrase.
Measured in eating, rest, work, sleep and waking — and yoga becomes duḥkha-hā, the slayer of sorrow.
The claim is put in the language of the epic the Gita sits inside: a killer of something. What it kills is not an enemy on the field but the grief Arjuna is sitting in.
Word by word
- yukta
- moderate
- āhāra
- eating
- vihārasya
- recreation
- yukta cheṣhṭasya karmasu
- balanced in work
- yukta
- regulated
- svapna-avabodhasya
- sleep and wakefulness
- yogaḥ
- Yog
- bhavati
- becomes
- duḥkha-hā
- the slayer of sorrows
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