TEXT 17

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yuktāhāra-vihārasya
yukta-ceṣṭasya karmasu
yukta-svapnāvabodhasya
yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā

Synonyms

yukta — reguleret; āhāra — spisning; vihārasya — for den, hvis adspredelse; yukta — reguleret; ceṣṭasya — for den, der arbejder for at forsørge; karmasu — i udførelse af pligter; yukta — regulerede; svapna- avabodhasya — for den, hvis søvn og vågen tilstand; yogaḥ — udøvelse af yoga; bhavati — bliver; duḥkha-hā — det, der mindsker lidelse.

yukta — regulated; āhāra — eating; vihārasya — recreation; yukta — regulated; ceṣṭasya — of one who works for maintenance; karmasu — in discharging duties; yukta — regulated; svapna-avabodhasya — sleep and wakefulness; yogaḥ — practice of yoga; bhavati — becomes; duḥkha-hā — diminishing pains.

Translation

Den, der er reguleret i sine vaner med hensyn til spisning, søvn, adspredelse og arbejde, kan mindske alle materielle lidelser ved at følge yoga-systemet.

He who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation and work can mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga system.

Purport

FORKLARING: Overdrivelse med hensyn til at spise, sove, forsvare sig og parre sig, der er kropslige forlangender, kan blokere fremgang i praktiseringen af yoga. Hvad angår ens spisevaner, kan man kun regulere dem, når man har vænnet sig til at indtage og acceptere prasāda, helliggjort mad. Ifølge Bhagavad-gītā (9.26) kan man ofre Herren Kṛṣṇa grøntsager, blomster, frugt, korn, mælk osv. På den måde bliver en person i Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed automatisk vant til ikke at indtage mad, der ikke er beregnet til mennesker eller ikke er i godhedens kvalitet. Hvad søvn angår, er en Kṛṣṇa-bevidst person altid vågen, når det kommer til at udføre hans pligter, og derfor betragtes tid, der går unødvendigt med at sove, som et stort tab. Avyartha-kālatvam (Cc. Madhya 23.18–19): En Kṛṣṇa-bevidst person kan ikke holde ud at leve så meget som et minut af sit liv uden at være engageret i Herrens tjeneste. Derfor begrænses hans søvnforbrug til et minimum. Hans ideal i denne henseende er Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, der altid var engageret i Kṛṣṇas tjeneste og ikke kunne sove mere end to timer om dagen og nogle gange ikke engang det. Ṭhākura Haridāsa ville ikke engang spise prasāda eller sove så meget som et minut, før han havde afsluttet sin daglige rutine med at recitere 300.000 navne på sin bønnekæde. Når det kommer til arbejde, foretager en Kṛṣṇa-bevidst person sig intet, uden at det er forbundet med Kṛṣṇas interesse, hvilket gør, at hans arbejde altid er reguleret og ubesmittet af sansetilfredsstillelse. Da sansenydelse ikke kommer på tale, har en Kṛṣṇa-bevidst person ingen materiel fritid som sådan. Og eftersom han er reguleret i alt sit arbejde, sin tale, under søvn og i vågen tilstand såvel som i alle sine andre kropslige aktiviteter, er der ingen materiel lidelse for ham.

Extravagance in the matter of eating, sleeping, defending and mating – which are demands of the body – can block advancement in the practice of yoga. As far as eating is concerned, it can be regulated only when one is practiced to take and accept prasādam, sanctified food. Lord Kṛṣṇa is offered, according to the Bhagavad-gītā (9.26), vegetables, flowers, fruits, grains, milk, etc. In this way, a person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness becomes automatically trained not to accept food not meant for human consumption, or not in the category of goodness. As far as sleeping is concerned, a Kṛṣṇa conscious person is always alert in the discharge of his duties in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and therefore any unnecessary time spent sleeping is considered a great loss. Avyartha-kālatvam: a Kṛṣṇa conscious person cannot bear to pass a minute of his life without being engaged in the service of the Lord. Therefore, his sleeping is kept to a minimum. His ideal in this respect is Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, who was always engaged in the service of Kṛṣṇa and who could not sleep more than two hours a day, and sometimes not even that. Ṭhākura Haridāsa would not even accept prasādam nor even sleep for a moment without finishing his daily routine of chanting with his beads three hundred thousand names. As far as work is concerned, a Kṛṣṇa conscious person does not do anything which is not connected with Kṛṣṇa’s interest, and thus his work is always regulated and is untainted by sense gratification. Since there is no question of sense gratification, there is no material leisure for a person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. And because he is regulated in all his work, speech, sleep, wakefulness and all other bodily activities, there is no material misery for him.