15. The speech which causes no excitement and is true, as also pleasant and beneficial, and also the pradtice of sacred recitation, are said to form the austerity of speech.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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• not causing distress/agitation
• speech, words
• truthful
• pleasant and beneficial
• and
• which
• practice of self-study (recitation of scriptures)
• and
• indeed, verily
• consisting of speech (verbal)
• austerity
• is called