Chapter 17, Verse 19
मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः। परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।17.19।।
mūḍhagrāheṇātmano yatpīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ। parasyotsādanārthaṃ vā tattāmasamudāhṛtam।।17.19।।
Word by word
- मूढग्राहेण
- with foolish/deluded obstinacy (a wrong-headed conviction)
- आत्मनः
- of oneself (one's own self)
- यत्
- which (austerity)
- पीडया
- through self-torture/affliction
- क्रियते
- is performed
- तपः
- austerity
- परस्य
- of another (person)
- उत्सादनार्थं
- for the purpose of destroying/harming
- वा
- or
- तत्
- that
- तामसम्
- as belonging to tamas (dark/ignorant quality)
- उदाहृतम्
- is declared/said to be
Commentary
19. The austerity which is practised out of a foolish notion, with self-torture, or for the purpose of ruining another, is declared to be Tamasic.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
Verse Builder
Tap each meaning in order to match its Sanskrit word.
Sanskrit (in order)
Your answer
मूढग्राहेण
आत्मनः
यत्
पीडया
क्रियते
तपः
परस्य
उत्सादनार्थं
वा
तत्
तामसम्
उदाहृतम्
Word bank
Tap a word to place it in the next open slot. Tap a placed word to send it back.