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मनः प्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः ।
भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते ॥ १७-१६॥


manaḥ prasādaḥ saumyatvaṃ maunamātmavinigrahaḥ
bhāvasaṃśuddhirityetat tapomānasamucyate 17-16


Serenity of mind, good-heartedness, silence, self-control, purity of nature — these together are called the mental austerity.


manaḥprasādaḥ = satisfaction of the mind; saumyatvaṃ = being without duplicity towards others; maunaṃ = gravity; ātma = of the self; vinigrahaḥ = control; bhāva = of one’s nature; saṃśuddhiḥ = purification; iti = thus; etat = this; tapaḥ = austerity; mānasaṃ = of the mind; ucyate = is said to be.;

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