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Bhagavad Gita 17.14

Chapter 17: Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga (The Three Kinds of Faith) · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग

देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम् ।ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते ॥

devadvijaguruprājñapūjanaṃ śaucamārjavam |brahmacaryamahiṃsā ca śārīraṃ tapa ucyate ||

Meaning of Gita 17.14 in English

Respecting the divine, the wise, teachers and learned people, along with cleanliness, simplicity, self-restraint and non-violence, is called discipline of the body.

गीता 17.14 का हिंदी अर्थ

देवता, ब्राह्मण, गुरु और ज्ञानी का सम्मान, पवित्रता, सरलता, ब्रह्मचर्य और अहिंसा — इसे शरीर का तप कहा जाता है।

respect for teachersself-controlphysical disciplinenon-violence

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.