Gita Verse 17.5

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 17, Verse 5

Sanskrit Verse

अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः।दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः।।17.5।।

Transliteration

aśhāstra-vihitaṁ ghoraṁ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ

dambhāhankāra-sanyuktāḥ kāma-rāga-balānvitāḥ

Word meanings

aśhāstra-vihitam—not enjoined by the scriptures; ghoram—stern; tapyante—perform; ye—who; tapaḥ—austerities; janāḥ—people; dambha—hypocrisy; ahankāra—egotism; sanyuktāḥ—possessed of; kāma—desire; rāga—attachment; bala—force; anvitāḥ—impelled by;

Swami Sivananda's translation

Those men who practice terrific austerities not prescribed by the scriptures, given to hypocrisy and egoism, driven by the force of lust and attachment.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 17