Original Sanskrit

अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः । दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः ॥ १७-५॥

Transliteration

aśāstravihitaṃ ghoraṃ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ dambhāhaṅkārasaṃyuktāḥ kāmarāgabalānvitāḥ 17-5

English Translation

Those men who practise terrific austerities, not enjoined by the scriptures, given to hypocrisy and egoism, impelled by the force of lust and attachment . . .

Word-by-Word Meaning

aśāstra = not in the scriptures; vihitaṃ = directed; ghoraṃ = harmful to others; tapyante = undergo; ye = those who; tapaḥ = austerities; janāḥ = persons; dambha = with pride; ahaṅkāra = and egoism; saṃyuktāḥ = engaged; kāma = of lust; rāga = and attachment; bala = by the force; anvitāḥ = impelled;

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Summary

The Yoga of the Division of the Three Kinds of Faith

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