Yuktahara-viharasya yukta-cestasya karmasu, yukta-svapnavabodhasya yogo bhavati duhkha-ha
For one who is moderate in eating, recreation, working, sleeping, and waking, yoga destroys all sorrows.
- •Balance in all activities
- •Moderation leads to peace
- •Discipline in daily life supports spiritual practice
Yoga-sthah kuru karmani sangam tyaktva dhananjaya, siddhy-asiddhyoh samo bhutva samatvam yoga ucyate
Perform your duty equipoised, O Arjuna, abandoning all attachment to success or failure. Such equanimity is called yoga.
- •Equanimity in success and failure
- •Balance is the essence of yoga
- •Detachment brings peace
Tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu mām anusmara yudhya ca, mayy arpita-mano-buddhir mām evaiṣyasy asanśayaḥ
Therefore, remember Me at all times and fight. With mind and intellect surrendered to Me, you will certainly attain Me.
- •Constant remembrance amid action
- •Balance devotion with duty
- •Surrender ensures divine union
Sukha-duhkhe same kritva labhalabhau jayajayau, tato yuddhaya yujyasva naivam papam avapsyasi
Fight for the sake of duty, treating alike happiness and distress, loss and gain, victory and defeat. Fulfilling your responsibility in this way, you will never incur sin.
- •Treat opposites with equanimity
- •Duty transcends personal preference
- •Balanced action prevents karma