Gita Verse 17.19

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 17, Verse 19

Sanskrit Verse

मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः।परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।17.19।।

Transliteration

mūḍha-grāheṇātmano yat pīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ

parasyotsādanārthaṁ vā tat tāmasam udāhṛitam

Word meanings

mūḍha—those with confused notions; grāheṇa—with endeavor; ātmanaḥ—one’s own self; yat—which; pīḍayā—torturing; kriyate—is performed; tapaḥ—austerity; parasya—of others; utsādana-artham—for harming; vā—or; tat—that; tāmasam—in the mode of ignorance; udāhṛitam—is described to be

Swami Sivananda's translation

That austerity which is practised out of a foolish notion, with self-torture, or for the purpose of destroying another, is declared to be of the Tamasic nature.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 17

Related Gunas: Tamas