Chapter 17, Verse 5
अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः। दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः।।17.5।।
aśāstravihitaṃ ghoraṃ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ। dambhāhaṅkārasaṃyuktāḥ kāmarāgabalānvitāḥ॥17.5॥
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- अशास्त्रविहितं
- not enjoined by scripture
- घोरं
- terrible/severe
- तप्यन्ते
- they perform/undergo (austerity)
- ये
- who (those who)
- तपः
- austerity
- जनाः
- people
- दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः
- joined with hypocrisy and egotism
- कामरागबलान्विताः
- impelled by the force of desire and attachment
Commentary
5. Those men who practise terrific austerities not enjoined by the scripture, given to hypocrisy and egotism, endued with the strength of lust and passion ;
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अशास्त्रविहितं
घोरं
तप्यन्ते
ये
तपः
जनाः
दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः
कामरागबलान्विताः
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