अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् | स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते ||१७-१५||
anudvegakaraṃ vākyaṃ satyaṃ priyahitaṃ ca yat . svādhyāyābhyasanaṃ caiva vāṅmayaṃ tapa ucyate ||17-15||
- anudvega-karam
- not agitating
- vākyam
- words
- satyam
- truthful
- priya
- dear
- hitam
- beneficial
- ca
- also
- yat
- which
- svādhyāya
- of Vedic study
- abhyasanam
- practice
- ca
- also
- eva
- certainly
- vāk-mayam
- of the voice
- tapaḥ
- austerity
- ucyate
- is said to be
Austerity of speech consists in speaking words that are truthful, pleasing, beneficial, and not agitating to others, and also in regularly reciting Vedic literature.