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Bhagavad Gita 17.15 — Anudvega-karam Vakyam in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

🕉️ hindu·📿 11× repetitions·🕐 Morning, especially before a day of meetings, conversations or teaching·📜 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17, Verse 15
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Origin & Story

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17, Verse 15 · Sage Veda Vyasa (Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva) · Ancient (text compiled c. 5th–2nd century BCE)

In the seventeenth chapter, Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga, Krishna explains how faith and conduct are colored by the three gunas. Describing austerity of body, speech and mind, he gives this definition of the austerity of speech: words that are non-agitating, truthful, pleasant and beneficial, joined with the study of scripture.

✦ As told in scripture

Sages who perfected the austerity of speech are said to have gained 'vak-siddhi' — the power by which their gentle, truthful words always came true and brought blessing — showing the spiritual potency that disciplined speech can attain.

The Mantra

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𑌅𑌨𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌗𑌕𑌰𑌂 𑌵𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌹𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌚 𑌯𑌤𑍍। 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌸𑌨𑌂 𑌚𑍈𑌵 𑌵𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌮𑌯𑌂 𑌤𑌪 𑌉𑌚𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇॥

anudvega-karaṁ vākyaṁ satyaṁ priya-hitaṁ cha yat svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ chaiva vāṅ-mayaṁ tapa uchyate

Meaning:Speech that causes no agitation, that is truthful, pleasant and beneficial, along with the regular practice of scriptural study (recitation of the Vedas) — this is called the austerity of speech.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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𑌅𑌨𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌗𑌕𑌰𑌮𑍍🔊anudvega-karamnot causing agitation or distress
𑌵𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍍🔊vākyamspeech, words
𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍍🔊satyamtruthful
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌹𑌿𑌤𑌮𑍍🔊priya-hitampleasant and beneficial
𑌚🔊chaand
𑌯𑌤𑍍🔊yatwhich
𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌯🔊svādhyāyastudy of scriptures / recitation of the Vedas
𑌅𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌸𑌨𑌮𑍍🔊abhyasanamthe practice, regular cultivation
𑌚 𑌏𑌵🔊cha evaand also
𑌵𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌮𑌯𑌮𑍍🔊vāṅ-mayamof speech, pertaining to the tongue
𑌤𑌪𑌃🔊tapaḥausterity, penance
𑌉𑌚𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇🔊uchyateis called, is said to be

Benefits of Chanting Bhagavad Gita 17.15 — Anudvega-karam Vakyam

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Teaches the discipline of kind, truthful and beneficial speech

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Helps avoid harsh, hurtful or agitating words that create conflict

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Purifies the tongue and mind through right speech as a spiritual austerity

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Encourages the regular study and recitation of sacred texts

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Improves relationships and brings harmony to family and society

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Builds the higher virtue of speaking truth that is also gentle and useful

How to Chant Bhagavad Gita 17.15 — Anudvega-karam Vakyam

Repetitions11times
Best TimeMorning, especially before a day of meetings, conversations or teaching

Recite this verse in the morning and take its four-fold test for your words throughout the day — are they non-agitating, truthful, pleasant and beneficial? Pair it with a little daily scriptural study (svadhyaya) as the verse advises. Whenever you are tempted to speak in anger or carelessness, recall it to transform speech itself into a purifying austerity.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Bhagavad Gita 17.15 — Anudvega-karam Vakyam written in the Grantha script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.
Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.
It is the discipline of speaking words that do not disturb others, that are truthful, pleasant and beneficial, together with the regular practice of scriptural study. Krishna calls this the tapas (austerity) of the tongue.
Right speech has four marks here: anudvega-karam (non-agitating, not hurtful), satyam (truthful), priya (pleasant and agreeable), and hitam (beneficial). Together these ensure one's words are both true and kind, and genuinely helpful.
The verse asks that speech be truthful, pleasant and beneficial together. The ideal is to convey what is true in a way that is kind and constructive. When a hard truth must be told, this teaching guides one to deliver it gently, with care for the listener's welfare.
Svadhyaya — regular recitation and study of sacred texts — trains and sanctifies the tongue, fills the mind with elevating words, and naturally inclines one toward truthful, beneficial speech. So it is counted as part of the discipline of speech.

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