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Ch 17•Verse 15
Adhyāya 17 • Shloka 15

अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् | स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते || १५ ||

anudvega-karaṁ vākyaṁ satyaṁ priya-hitaṁ ca yat | svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ caiva vāṅ-mayaṁ tapa ucyate || 15 ||

"Austerity of speech consists in speaking words that are truthful, pleasing, beneficial, and not agitating to others, and also in regularly reciting Vedic literature."

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The Direct Meaning

Austerity of speech (vāṅ-mayaṁ tapa) has strict rules: words must not cause agitation or anxiety to others (anudvega-karaṁ), must be completely truthful (satyam), must be pleasing (priya), and must be genuinely beneficial (hitam). It also includes the daily recitation of spiritual texts (svādhyāya).

Translated from the original Sanskrit text

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