17.14

Sanskrit · Devanagari

देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम्। ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

devadvijaguruprājñapūjanaṃ śaucamārjavam brahmacaryamahiṃsā ca śārīraṃ tapa ucyate

Paying reverence to gods, Brāhmaṇas, preceptors, and men of knowledge purity, straightforwardness, life as Brahmacārin , and harmlessness, (this) is called the penance bodily.

This verse-level alignment is machine-assisted and awaits two independent human checks. Confidence signal: 32%.