Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Tapas

तपस् · tapas

austerity; self-discipline

Literally 'heat': the inner fire generated by restraint. Popular tradition pictures it as extreme self-denial. Chapter 17 redefines it as a discipline of body (cleanliness, honesty, non-injury), of speech (words that are true, kind and helpful) and of mind (calm, gentleness, silence), and condemns austerity that tortures the body.

Appears in

Bhagavad Gita 17.14 · Bhagavad Gita 17.15 · Bhagavad Gita 17.16