योगं निषेवतो नित्यं कायश्चेत् कल्पतामियात् । तच्छ्रद्दध्यान्न मतिमान्योगमुत्सृज्य मत्पर: ॥ ४३ ॥
yogaṁ niṣevato nityaṁ kāyaś cet kalpatām iyāt tac chraddadhyān na matimān yogam utsṛjya mat-paraḥ
- yogam
- the practice of yoga
- niṣevataḥ
- of one executing
- nityam
- regularly
- kāyaḥ
- the material body
- cet
- even if
- kalpatām
- fitness
- iyāt
- attains
- tat
- in that
- śraddadhyāt
- take faith
- na
- does not
- mati-mān
- who is intelligent
- yogam
- the system of mystic yoga
- utsṛjya
- giving up
- mat-paraḥ
- the devotee dedicated to Me
Although the physical body may be improved by various processes of yoga, an intelligent person who has dedicated his life to Me does not place his faith in the prospect of perfecting his physical body through yoga, and in fact he gives up such procedures.