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Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 17.16

Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 17.16 · 17 · Verse 16

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Sanskrit Original

।।17.16।। --,मनःप्रसादः मनसः प्रशान्तिः? स्वच्छतापादनं मनसः प्रसादः? सौम्यत्वं यत् सौमनस्यम् आहुः -- मुखादिप्रसादादिकार्योन्नेया अन्तःकरणस्य वृत्तिः। मौनं वाङ्नियमोऽपि मनःसंयमपूर्वको भवति इति कार्येण कारणम् उच्यते मनःसंयमो मौनमिति। आत्मविनिग्रहः मनोनिरोधः सर्वतः सामान्यरूपः आत्मविनिग्रहः? वाग्विषयस्यैव मनसः संयमः मौनम् इति विशेषः। भावसंशुद्धिः परैः व्यवहारकाले अमायावित्वं भावसंशुद्धिः। इत्येतत् तपः मानसम् उच्यते।।यथोक्तं कायिकं वाचिकं मानसं च तपः तप्तं नरैः सत्त्वादिगुणभेदेन कथं त्रिविधं भवतीति? उच्यते --,

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17.16 Manah-prasadah, tranillity of mind, making the mind free from anxiety; saumyatvam, gentleness-that which is called kindliness of spirit, [Kindliness towards all, and also not entertaining any evil thought towards anybody.] a certain condition of the mind resulting in calmness of the face, etc.; maunam, reticence-since even the control of speech follows from the control of mind, therefore the cause is implied by the effect; so maunam means control of the mind; [Or, maunam may mean thinking of the Self, the attitude of a meditator. The context being of 'mental austerity', reticence is explained as control of the mind with regard to speech.] atma-vinigrahah, withdrawal of the mind-withdrawal of the mind in a general way, from everything; maunam (control of the mind) is the mind's withdrawal with regard to speech alone; this is the distinction-; bhava-samsuddhih, purity of heart, absence of trickery while dealing with others; iti etat, these are; what is ucyate, called; manasam, mental; tapah, austerity. How the above-described bodily, verbal and mental austerities undertaken by poeple are divided into three classes-of sattva etc.-is being stated: