Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 17.14
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 17.14 · 17 · Verse 14
Sanskrit Original
।।17.14।। --,देवाश्च द्विजाश्च गुरवश्च प्राज्ञाश्च देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञाः तेषां पूजनं देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनम्? शौचम्? आर्जवम् ऋजुत्वम्? ब्रह्मचर्यम् अहिंसा च शरीरनिर्वर्त्यं शारीरं शरीरप्रधानैः सर्वैरेव कार्यकरणैः कर्त्रादिभिः साध्यं शारीरं तपः उच्यते। पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः (गीता 18।15) इति हि वक्ष्यति।।
17.14 Deva-dvija-guru-pujanam, the worship of gods, twice-borns, venerable persons and the wise; saucam, purity; arjavam, straightforwardness; brahmacarayam, celibacy; and ahimsa, non-injury; ucyate, are said to be; sariram, bodily; tapah, austerity, austerity accomplished through the body: that which can be performed by the agent, etc. [See 18. 13-15.-Tr.], (i.e.) with the whole group of body and organs, in which the body predominates; for the Lord will say, 'these five are its causes' (18.15).