sri-bhagavan uvaca

ahimsa satyam asteyam

 asango hrir asañcayah

astikyam brahmacaryam ca

 maunam sthairyam ksamabhayam

 

saucam japas tapo homah

 sraddhatithyam mad-arcanam

tirthatanam parartheha

 tustir acarya-sevanam

 

ete yamah sa-niyama

 ubhayor dvadasa smrtah

pumsam upasitas tata

 yatha-kamam duhanti hi

 

Translation: 

 

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Nonviolence, truthfulness, not coveting or stealing the property of others, detachment, humility, freedom from possessiveness, trust in the principles of religion, celibacy, silence, steadiness, forgiveness and fearlessness are the twelve primary disciplinary principles. Internal cleanliness, external cleanliness, chanting the holy names of the Lord, austerity, sacrifice, faith, hospitality, worship of Me, visiting holy places, acting and desiring only for the supreme interest, satisfaction, and service to the spiritual master are the twelve elements of regular prescribed duties. These twenty-four elements bestow all desired benedictions upon those persons who devotedly cultivate them.