Bhagavad Gita/bg.17.16

Verse 17.16

bg.17.16

Sanskrit

मनःप्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः।भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते।।17.16।।

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

manaḥ-prasādaḥ saumyatvaṁ maunam ātma-vinigrahaḥ bhāva-sanśhuddhir ity etat tapo mānasam uchyate

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

Serenity of mind, good-heartedness, self-control, and purity of nature—this is called mental austerity.

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।17.16।।मनकी प्रसन्नता, सौम्य भाव, मननशीलता, मनका निग्रह और भावोंकी शुद्धि -- इस तरह यह मन-सम्बन्धी तप कहा जाता है।

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

manaḥ-prasādaḥ—serenity of thought; saumyatvam—gentleness; maunam—silence; ātma-vinigrahaḥ—self-control; bhāva-sanśhuddhiḥ—purity of purpose; iti—thus; etat—these; tapaḥ—austerity; mānasam—of the mind; uchyate—are declared as

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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