Chapter 17, Verse 16
मनःप्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः। भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते।।17.16।।
manaḥprasādaḥ saumyatvaṃ maunamātmavinigrahaḥ। bhāvasaṃśuddhirityetattapo mānasamucyate।।17.16।।
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- मनःप्रसादः (manaḥ-prasādaḥ)
- serenity/tranquility of mind
- सौम्यत्वं (saumyatvam)
- gentleness, benevolence of disposition
- मौनम् (maunam)
- silence (of speech, or inner quietude)
- आत्मविनिग्रहः (ātma-vinigrahaḥ)
- self-control, mastery over oneself
- भावसंशुद्धिः (bhāva-saṃśuddhiḥ)
- purity of thought/intention/inner nature
- इति एतत् (iti etat)
- thus, this (that has been described)
- तपः (tapaḥ)
- austerity, discipline
- मानसम् (mānasam)
- mental, of the mind
- उच्यते (ucyate)
- is called/said to be
Commentary
16. Serenity of mind, good-heartedness, silence, self-control, purity of nature, —this is called the mental austerity.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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मनःप्रसादः (manaḥ-prasādaḥ)
सौम्यत्वं (saumyatvam)
मौनम् (maunam)
आत्मविनिग्रहः (ātma-vinigrahaḥ)
भावसंशुद्धिः (bhāva-saṃśuddhiḥ)
इति एतत् (iti etat)
तपः (tapaḥ)
मानसम् (mānasam)
उच्यते (ucyate)
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