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THE BLISS OF MIDDLE PATH - DON'T TIGHTEN THE STRING OF YOUR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT NEITHER TOO TIGHT NOR TOO LOOSE
(Source: Bhagavad Gita - The Song of God by Swami Mukundanand)
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verse 17
युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु |
युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दु:खहा ||
yuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-cheṣhṭasya karmasu
yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā
yukta-moderate; āhāra-eating; vihārasya-recreation; yukta cheṣhṭasya karmasu-balanced in work; yukta-regulated; svapna-avabodhasya-sleep and wakefulness; yogaḥ-Yog; bhavati-becomes; duḥkha-hā-the slayer of sorrows
Translation
BG 6.17: But those who are temperate in eating and recreation, balanced in work, and regulated in sleep, can mitigate all sorrows by practicing Yog.