Chapter 17, Slok 18
🗣 Speaker: zrIbhagavAnBG 17.18
Original Verse
satkAramAnapUjArthaM tapo dambhena caiva yat | kriyate tadiha proktaM rAjasaM calamadhruvam ||17-18||
Transliteration
satkāramānapūjārthaṃ tapo dambhena caiva yat . kriyate tadiha proktaṃ rājasaṃ calamadhruvam ||17-18||
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Swami Adidevananda
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Translation
17.18 That austerity, pracitsed with ostentation for the sake of gaininng respect, praise and reverence, is here said to be Rajasa. It is unsteady and impermanent.