# Bhagavad Gita 17.14

**Canonical reference:** `gita.17.14`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम्।
ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते ॥

## IAST

devadvijaguruprājñapūjanaṃ śaucamārjavam
brahmacaryamahiṃsā ca śārīraṃ tapa ucyate

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

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

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