# Bhagavad Gita 17.15

**Canonical reference:** `gita.17.15`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत्।
स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते ॥

## IAST

anudvegakaraṃ vākyaṃ satyaṃ priyahitaṃ ca yat
svādhyāyābhyasanaṃ caiva vāṅmayaṃ tapa ucyate

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

The speech which causes no sorrow, which is true, agreeable, and beneficial, and the study of the Vedas , (this) is called the penance vocal.

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