TEXT 15

Devanagari

अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् ।
स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्‍मयं तप उच्यते ॥ १५ ॥

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Tekst

anudvega-karaṁ vākyaṁ
satyaṁ priya-hitaṁ ca yat
svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ caiva
vāṅ-mayaṁ tapa ucyate

Synonyms

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.

anudvega-karam — ikke sårende; vākyam — tale; satyam — sandfærdig; priya — behagelig; hitam — gavnlig; ca — også; yat — som; svādhyāya — af vedisk studie; abhyasanam — udøvelse; ca — også; eva — afgjort; vāk-mayam — stemmens; tapaḥ — askese; ucyate — siges at være.

Translation

Austerity of speech consists in speaking words that are truthful, pleasing, beneficial, and not agitating to others, and also in regularly reciting Vedic literature.

Talens askese består af tale, der er sandfærdig, behagelig, gavnlig og ikke ophidser andre såvel som i regelmæssigt at recitere den vediske litteratur.

Purport

One should not speak in such a way as to agitate the minds of others. Of course, when a teacher speaks, he can speak the truth for the instruction of his students, but such a teacher should not speak to those who are not his students if he will agitate their minds. This is penance as far as talking is concerned. Besides that, one should not talk nonsense. The process of speaking in spiritual circles is to say something upheld by the scriptures. One should at once quote from scriptural authority to back up what he is saying. At the same time, such talk should be very pleasurable to the ear. By such discussions, one may derive the highest benefit and elevate human society. There is a limitless stock of Vedic literature, and one should study this. This is called penance of speech.

FORKLARING: Man bør ikke tale på en måde, der ophidser andres sind. Når en lærer taler, kan han selvfølgelig sige sandheden for at instruere sine elever, men den samme lærer skal afholde sig fra at tale til dem, der ikke er hans elever, hvis det oprører deres sind. Dette er askese, hvad tale angår. Derudover skal man ikke tale meningsløst. Måden, man udtaler sig på i åndelige kredse, er at underbygge sine udtalelser ved at referere til skrifterne. Man skal omgående citere fra skrifternes autoritet for at bakke sine udtalelser op. På samme tid bør ens tale være en nydelse for ørene. Man kan drage den højeste åndelige nytte af den slags diskussioner og ophøje menneskesamfundet. Der findes en ubegrænset mængde af vedisk litteratur, og man bør studere den. Dette kaldes talens askese.