Bhagavad Gita -Sivananda 372

Bhagavad Gita -Swami Sivananda

Chapter-17 : THE YOGA OF THE DIVISION OF THE THREEFOLD FAITH

Summary of Seventeenth Discourse

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Devadwijagurupraajna poojanam shauchamaarjavam;
Brahmacharyamahimsaa cha shaareeram tapa uchyate.

14. Worship of the gods, the twice-born, the teachers and the wise, purity,
straightforwardness, celibacy and non-injury—these are called the austerities of the body.

Anudwegakaram vaakyam satyam priyahitam cha yat;
Swaadhyaayaabhyasanam chaiva vaangmayam tapa uchyate.

15. Speech which causes no excitement and is truthful, pleasant and beneficial, the practice
of the study of the Vedas, are called austerity of speech.

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