# Bhagavad Gita 17.16

**Canonical reference:** `gita.17.16`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मनः प्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः।
भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते ॥

## IAST

manaḥ prasādaḥ saumyatvaṃ maunamātmavinigrahaḥ
bhāvasaṃśuddhirityetattapo mānasamucyate

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

Calmness of mind, mildness, taciturnity, self-restraint, and purity of heart, this is called the penance mental.

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