Bhagavad Gita · 17.5-6
॥
Devanāgarī
अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः ।
दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः ॥
कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः ।
मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
aśāstra-vihitaṁ ghoraṁ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ |
dambhāhaṅkāra-saṁyuktāḥ kāma-rāga-balānvitāḥ ||
Translation
“But those who, driven by hypocrisy and false ego, by lust, attachment, and craving for power, perform terrible, tormenting austerities not enjoined by the scriptures (5) — these senseless people, torturing both the material elements within their bodies and Me, who dwell within as the Supersoul — know them to hold demoniac convictions. (6)”
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