देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम् ।
ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते ॥ १४ ॥
ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते ॥ १४ ॥
devadvijaguruprājñapūjanaṃ śaucamārjavam .
brahmacaryamahiṃsā ca śārīraṃ tapa ucyate .. 14 ..
Worshipping the Gods, the twice-born, teachers and wise men,—purity, straightforwardness, continence, and abstinence from injury are termed the bodily austerity.
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The bodily austerity : that which is accomplished by the body, i.e., in which the body is the chief of all factors of action,—the doer, etc.,—of which the Lord will speak. in xviii. 15: