Be slow in consuming food. Though it is a delicious food do not eat stomach full. In sanskrit it is told as "midhaakaara". It means eating neither heavily nor lightly but eating moderately.
"Eat after hunger" is the word of ancestors. If we eat beyond the level of hunger it causes illness. For the people who practice yoga limiting the quantity of food is an important aspect.
Those who eat more and those who suffer in hunger, both could not succeed in the yoga practise.
Also for those who do not sleep completely and those who snore and sleep, both could not succeed in the practise of yoga.
Kannadhasan has wrote in his book, Arthamulla indhu madham, that because of this sleep only he has lost so many things.
The body should not strain much. You should not sit lazily also. You should not eat heavily and become addicted to taste. Also you should not starve without eating.
In eating, working, sleeping it is important that there should be a limit i.e., it should not exceed the range or go below it. People of this kind only can attain success in Yoga.
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Translated by - சந்தியா
