BG - 17.15

अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत्।स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते।।17.15।।

anudvega-karaṁ vākyaṁ satyaṁ priya-hitaṁ cha yat svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ chaiva vāṅ-mayaṁ tapa uchyate

• anudvega-karam - not causing distress
• vākyam - words
• satyam - truthful
• priya- hitam - beneficial
• cha - and
• yat - which
• svādhyāya-abhyasanam - recitation of the Vedic scriptures
• cha eva - as well as
• vāṅ-mayam - of speech
• tapaḥ - austerity
• uchyate - are declared as

Translation

Speech that causes no excitement, is truthful, pleasant, and beneficial; the practice of studying the Vedas is called austerity of speech.

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