Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 6.17
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 6.17 · 6 · Verse 17
Sanskrit Original
।।6.17।। युक्ताहारविहारस्य आह्रियते इति आहारः अन्नम् विहरणं विहारः पादक्रमः तौ युक्तौ नियतपरिमाणौ यस्य सः युक्ताहारविहारः तस्य तथा युक्तचेष्टस्य युक्ता नियता चेष्टा यस्य कर्मसु तस्य तथा युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य युक्तौ स्वप्नश्च अवबोधश्च तौनियतकालौ यस्य तस्य युक्त्ताहारविहारस्य युक्त्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु युक्त्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगिनो योगो भवति दुःखहा दुःखानि सर्वाणि हन्तीति दुःखहा सर्वसंसारदुःखक्षयकृत योगः भवतीत्यर्थः।।अथ अधुना कदा युक्तो भवति इत्युच्यते
6.17 Yogah bhavati, Yoga becomes; duhkha-ha, a destroyer of sorrow-that which destroys (hanti) all sorrows (duhkhani)-, i.e., Yoga destroys all worldly sorrows; yukta-ahara-viharasya, of one whose eating and movements are regulated- ahara (lit. food) means all that is gathered in, [According to the Commentator, ahara, which also means food, includes mental 'food as well. See Ch. 7.26.2.-Tr.] and vihara means moving about, walking; one for whom these two are regulated (yukta) is yukta-ahara-vihara-; and also yukta-cestasya, of one whose effort (cesta) is moderate (yukta); karmasu, in works; similarly, yukta-svapna-avabodhasya, of one whose sleep (svapna) and wakefulness (avabodha) are temperate (yukta), have regulated periods. To him whose eating and movements are regulated, whose effort in work is moderate, whose sleep and wakefulness are temperate, Yoga becomes a destroyer of sorrows. When does a man become concentrated? That is being presently stated: