देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम् ।ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते ॥
devadvijaguruprājñapūjanaṃ śaucam ārjavam |brahmacaryam ahiṃsā ca śārīraṃ tapa ucyate ||
- देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनम् · devadvijaguruprājñapūjanam
- honoring gods, the wise, teachers, and the learned
- शौचम् · śaucam
- cleanliness
- आर्जवम् · ārjavam
- uprightness
- ब्रह्मचर्यम् · brahmacaryam
- continence, chastity
- अहिंसा · ahiṃsā
- non-harming
- शारीरम् · śārīram
- of the body
- तपः · tapaḥ
- austerity
- उच्यते · ucyate
- is called
“Honoring the gods, the twice-born, teachers, and the wise; cleanliness, uprightness, continence, and non-harming — this is called austerity of the body.”
— Original plain-language translation
True bodily tapas turns out to be reverence, purity, and gentleness — not self-torture. Worship here is ethics embodied: how the body moves among others. Contrast the condemned fierce austerities of 17.5–17.6.
— Reader's notes (original)