Benefits of austerities
2.43. Kayendriya siddhirasuddhiksayattapasah|
- Kaya-the body
- Indriya-sense organ
- Siddhi-perfection
- Asuddhi-impurity
- Ksayat-destruction
- Tapasah-by austerities
By following austerities, impurities are eradicated and there appears perfection in the body and sense organs.