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anudvega-karaḿ vākyaḿ satyaḿ priya-hitaḿ ca yat svādhyāyābhyasanaḿ caiva vāń-mayaḿ tapa ucyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.15 Austerity of speech consists in speaking words that are truthful, pleasing, beneficial, and...

manaḥ-prasādaḥ saumyatvaḿ maunam ātma-vinigrahaḥ bhāva-saḿśuddhir ity etat tapo mānasam ucyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.16 And satisfaction, simplicity, gravity, self-control and purification of one’s existence are...

śraddhayā parayā taptaḿ tapas tat tri-vidhaḿ naraiḥ aphalākāńkṣibhir yuktaiḥ sāttvikaḿ paricakṣate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.17 This threefold austerity, performed with transcendental faith by men not expecting...

satkāra-māna-pūjārthaḿ tapo dambhena caiva yat kriyate tad iha proktaḿ rājasaḿ calam adhruvam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.18 Penance performed out of pride and for the sake of gaining respect, honor and worship is said to...

mūḍha-grāheṇātmano yat pīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ parasyotsādanārthaḿ vā tat tāmasam udāhṛtam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.19 Penance performed out of foolishness, with self-torture or to destroy or injure others, is said to be...

dātavyam iti yad dānaḿ dīyate ’nupakāriṇe deśe kāle ca pātre ca tad dānaḿ sāttvikaḿ smṛtam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.20 Charity given out of duty, without expectation of return, at the proper time and place, and to a...

yat tu pratyupakārārthaḿ phalam uddiśya vā punaḥ dīyate ca parikliṣṭaḿ tad dānaḿ rājasaḿ smṛtam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.21 But charity performed with the expectation of some return, or with a desire for fruitive...

adeśa-kāle yad dānam apātrebhyaś ca dīyate asat-kṛtam avajñātaḿ tat tāmasam udāhṛtam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.22 And charity performed at an impure place, at an improper time, to unworthy persons, or without proper...

oḿ tat sad iti nirdeśo brahmaṇas tri-vidhaḥ smṛtaḥ brāhmaṇās tena vedāś ca yajñāś ca vihitāḥ purā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.23 From the beginning of creation, the three words om tat sat were used to indicate the...

tasmād oḿ ity udāhṛtya yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataḿ brahma-vādinām Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.24 Therefore, transcendentalists undertaking performances of sacrifice, charity and penance in...