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17.14Krishna
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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
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)