Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 800

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 17 The Yog of Threefold Faith मन:प्रसाद: सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रह:। भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते ॥16॥ [ “Affable temperament, tranquillity, silent meditation, self-possession, inner purity, and the like are said to be penance of the mind.” ] Simultaneous practice of the three kinds of penance - of body, speech and mind-is the truly worthwhile penance. श्रद्धया परया तप्तं तपस्तत्त्रिविधं नरै:। अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तै: सात्विकं परिचक्षते ॥17॥ [ “The threefold types of penance undergone with utmost faith by selfless persons who do not desire any fruit thereof is said to be truly righteous.”] The other kind of self-mortification is that which is indulged in by persons whose temperament is that of rajas, or passion.