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tapasa-by austerity or voluntary rejection of material enjoyment; brahmacaryena-by celibacy (the first austerity); samena-by controlling the mind; ca-and; damena-by fully controlling the senses; ca-also; tyagena-by voluntarily giving charity to good causes; satya-by truthfulness; saucabhyam-and by following regulative principles to keep oneself internally and externally clean; yamena-by avoiding cursing and violence; niyamena-by regularly chanting the holy name of the Lord; va-and; deha-vak-buddhi-jam-performed by the body, words and intelligence; dhirah-those who are sober; dharma-jnah-fully imbued with knowledge of religious principles; sraddhaya anvitah-endowed with faith; ksipanti-destroy; agham-all kinds of sinful activities; mahat api-although very great and abominable; venu-gulmam-the dried creepers beneath a bamboo tree; iva-like; analah-fire.