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Caitanya-caritāmṛta 8.67-68

nāty-aśnato ’pi yogo ’sti na caikāntam anaśnataḥ na cāti-svapna-śīlasya jāgrato naiva cārjunayuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-ceṣṭasya karmasu yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā”
[naaty-ashnato ’pi yogo ’sti na chaikaantam anashnatah na chaati-svapna-sheelasya jaagrato naiva chaarjunayuktaahaara-vihaarasya yukta-cheshtasya karmasu yukta-svapnaavabodhasya yogo bhavati duhkha-haa”]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
nāty-aśnato ’pi yogo ’sti na caikāntam anaśnataḥ na cāti-svapna-śīlasya jāgrato naiva cārjunayuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-ceṣṭasya karmasu yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā”
“[Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] ‘My dear Arjuna, one cannot perform mystic yoga if he eats more than necessary or needlessly fasts, sleeps and dreams too much or does not sleep enough. One should eat and enjoy his senses as much as necessary, one should properly endeavor to execute his duties, and one should regulate his sleep and wakefulness. Thus one can become freed from material pains by executing mystic yoga.’ ”

This is a quotation from the Bhagavad-gītā (6.16-17).

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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