Bhagavad Gita 17.15
अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत्। स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते।।17.15।।
anudvegakaraṃ vākyaṃ satyaṃ priyahitaṃ ca yat। svādhyāyābhyasanaṃ caiva vāṅmayaṃ tapa ucyate।।17.15।।
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- अनुद्वेगकरम्
- not causing distress/agitation
- वाक्यम्
- speech, words
- सत्यम्
- truthful
- प्रियहितम्
- pleasant and beneficial
- च
- and
- यत्
- which
- स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनम्
- practice of self-study (recitation of scriptures)
- च
- and
- एव
- indeed, verily
- वाङ्मयम्
- consisting of speech (verbal)
- तपः
- austerity
- उच्यते
- is called
Commentary
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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अनुद्वेगकरम्
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च
यत्
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