Verse 17.14

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 17.14:

देव-द्विज-गुरु-प्राज्ञ-पूजनं शौचम् आर्जवम् ।
ब्रह्मचर्यम् अहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते ॥ १४ ॥

deva-dvija-guru-prājña-pūjanaṃ śaucam ārjavam |
brahmacaryam ahiṃsā ca śārīraṃ tapa ucyate || 14 ||

deva–of the demigods (the 33 million universal administrators); dvija–the brāhmaṇas; guru–the spiritual preceptors; prājña–the wise; pūjanam–worship; śaucam–cleanliness; ārjavam–simplicity; brahmacaryam–celibacy; ahiṃsā–non-violence; ca–and; śārīram–of the body; tapaḥ–austerity; ucyate–is said (to be).

Austerity of the body consists of offering respect to the demigods, to the brāhmaṇas, to one’s gurus and to learned persons. In addition, cleanliness, honesty, celibacy and non-violence are also bodily austerities.

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Ṭīkā

(By Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura; the innermost intention of the commentary named ‘the shower of essential meanings’)

Austerities are of three types. To explain this, Śrī Bhagavān first explains austerities in the mode of goodness, in three consecutive verses beginning with deva-dvija.