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BG 17.14 — 17.14 Worship of the gods, the twice-born, the teachers and the wise, purity, straightforwardness, celibacy and non-injury are called the austerities of th | Live Gita
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देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम् |
ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते ||१७-१४||

devadvijaguruprājñapūjanaṃ śaucamārjavam . brahmacaryamahiṃsā ca śārīraṃ tapa ucyate ||17-14||


।।17.14।। देव, द्विज (ब्राह्मण), गुरु और ज्ञानी जनों का पूजन, शौच, आर्जव (सरलता), ब्रह्मचर्य और अहिंसा, यह शरीर संबंधी तप कहा जाता है।।

Word-by-word meanings

17.14 देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनम् worship of the gods? the twicorn? the teachers and the wise? शौचम् purity? आर्जवम् straightforwardness? ब्रह्मचर्यम् celibacy? अहिंसा noninjury? च and? शारीरम् of the body? तपः austerity? उच्यते is called.Commentary Tapas Austerity or selfdiscipline.Using the feet in pilgrimage to the sacred temples using the hands in cleaning the temples? in collecting the materials of worship of God? and in performing worship prostrations to the Brahmanas? preceptors and the wis

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।17.14।।अब तीन प्रकारका तप कहा जाता है --, देव? ब्राह्मण? गुरु और बुद्धिमान्ज्ञानी इन सबका पूजन? शौच -- पवित्रता? आर्जव -- सरलता? ब्रह्मचर्य और अहिंसा यह सब शरीरसम्बन्धी -- शरीरद्वारा किये जानेवाले तप कहे जाते हैं अर्थात् शरीर जिनमें प्रधान है? ऐसे समस्त कार्य और करणोंसे जो कर्ताद्वारा किये जायँ वे शरीरसम्बन्धी तप कहलाते हैं। आगे यह कहेंगे भी कि उन ( सबकर्मों ) के ये पाँच कारण हैं इत्यादि।

Swami Gambirananda

17.14 The worship of gods, twice-borns, venerable persons and the wise; purity, straightforwardness, celibacy and non-injury,-are said to be bodily austerity.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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