BG 6.17

युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु ।
युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा ॥
yuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-ceṣṭasya karmasu
yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā

Word-for-word meanings

yukta — [for one] who is moderate;  āhāra — [in] diet;  vihārasya — [and in] recreation;  yukta — who is methodical;  ceṣṭasya — [in] the performance;  karmasu — of actions;  yukta — [and] who is regulated;  svapna-avabodhasya — [in] sleep and wakefulness;  yogaḥ — the practice of yoga;  bhavati — becomes;  duḥkha-hā — the destroyer of misery.

Translation

For one who is moderate in diet and recreation, methodical in the performance of actions, and regulated in sleep and wakefulness, the practice of yoga dispels all misery.

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