Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6, Verse 17

युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु । युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा

yuktāhāravihārasya yuktaceṣṭasya karmasu | yuktasvapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkhahā

Translation

To him whose food and recreation are moderate, whose exertion in actions is moderate, whose sleep and waking are moderate, to him accrues Yoga which is destructive of pain.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

yuktāhāravihārasya

controlled, food, and, amusement, and, whose, of him

yuktaceṣṭasya

controlled, behaviour, in actions, whose, of him

karmasu

in actions

yuktasvapnāvabodhasya

controlled, sleeping, and, waking, and, whose, of him

yogaḥ

yoga

bhavati

becomes

duḥkhahā

the pain-killer

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

To him who resorts to food and recreation (such as walking) within prescribed limits, and who sleeps and who wakes up at the prescribed hours, to him accrues Yoga which is destructive of the misery of saṃsāra.