Verse 17.16
मनः प्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः ।
भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते ॥
Transliteration
manaḥ prasādaḥ saumyatvaṃ maunamātmavinigrahaḥ |
bhāvasaṃśuddhirityetattapo mānasamucyate ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
Serenity of mind, good-heartedness, self-control, purity of nature this is called mental austerity.
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Serenity of mind, gentleness, silence, self-control and purity of feeling: this is called austerity of the mind.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
Austerity of the mind includes calm and clarity, gentleness, silence or restraint of inner chatter (mauna), self-mastery, and purity of one's feelings and intentions. This is the most inward form of discipline. While bodily and verbal austerity can be seen by others, mental austerity is known mainly to oneself. Together the three verses on austerity describe a person who is respectful in action, careful in speech and peaceful in mind, an ideal that fits a householder as much as a hermit.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08