BG 17.14
Worship of the gods, twice-borns, elders, and the wise, purity, honesty, straightforwardness, and nonviolence, are all austerities of the body.
ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते
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deva-dwija-guru-prājña- — the gods, priests, masters, and elders
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deva — celestial gods
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dwija — priests (Brahmins)
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guru — masters, teachers
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prājña — the elders
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pūjanaṁ — worship
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śhaucham — cleanliness
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ārjavam — simplicity
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brahmacharyam — celibacy
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ahinsā — non-violence
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cha — and
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śhārīraṁ — of the body
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tapa — austerity
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uchyate — is declared as
Worship of the gods, twice-borns, elders, and the wise, purity, honesty, straightforwardness, and nonviolence, are all austerities of the body. Austerity of speech is only speaking that which causes no pain, carries the truth, is pleasant and beneficial to hear - like recitation of the scriptures. Serenity of mind, benevolence, silence, self-control, and mental purity, are all austerities of the mind. These three austerities, performed with faith and without concern toward reward, are the austerities of purity. An austerity born of passion is practiced for the sake of respect, honor, reverence, and praise. Austerities born of ignorance are practiced with deluded notions or the infliction of pain.
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