Gita Chapter 17 – Verse 5 « »
अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः ।
दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः ॥ १७-५॥
aśāstravihitaṃ ghoraṃ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ
dambhāhaṅkārasaṃyuktāḥ kāmarāgabalānvitāḥ 17-5
Those men who practise terrific austerities, not enjoined by the scriptures, given to hypocrisy and egoism, impelled by the force of lust and attachment . . .
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;
