BG 6.16

नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः ।
न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन ॥
nāty-aśnatas tu yogo ’sti na caikāntam anaśnataḥ
na cāti-svapna-śīlasya jāgrato naiva cārjuna

Word-for-word meanings

arjuna — O Arjuna;  na asti — there is no question;  yogaḥ — [of] yoga practice;  ati-aśnataḥ — for one who overeats;  tu — yet;  na ca — neither;  anaśnataḥ — for one who abstains from eating;  ekāntam — to an extreme;  na ca — nor;  ati-svapna-śīlasya — for one who sleeps excessively;  na ca eva — nor either;  jāgrataḥ — for one who remains awake [to an extreme].

Translation

O Arjuna, there is no question of yoga for one who overeats or who abstains from eating to an extreme, nor for one who sleeps excessively or who remains awake to an extreme.

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