17.16

Sanskrit · Devanagari

मनः प्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः। भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

manaḥ prasādaḥ saumyatvaṃ maunamātmavinigrahaḥ bhāvasaṃśuddhirityetattapo mānasamucyate

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

This verse-level alignment is machine-assisted and awaits two independent human checks. Confidence signal: 53%.