Duty & Righteousness
Bhagavad Gita 17.16
मनः प्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः | भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते ||१७-१६||
manaḥ prasādaḥ saumyatvaṃ maunamātmavinigrahaḥ . bhāvasaṃśuddhirityetattapo mānasamucyate ||17-16||
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Swami SivanandaEnglish
17.16 Serenity of mind, good-heartedness, self-control, purity of nature this is called mental austerity.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaEnglish
And satisfaction, simplicity, gravity, self-control and purification of one’s existence are the austerities of the mind.