ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 17, Slok 19
Text
ಮೂಢಗ್ರಾಹೇಣಾತ್ಮನೋ ಯತ್ಪೀಡಯಾ ಕ್ರಿಯತೇ ತಪಃ | ಪರಸ್ಯೋತ್ಸಾದನಾರ್ಥಂ ವಾ ತತ್ತಾಮಸಮುದಾಹೃತಮ್ ||೧೭-೧೯||
Transliteration
mūḍhagrāheṇātmano yatpīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ . parasyotsādanārthaṃ vā tattāmasamudāhṛtam ||17-19||
Meanings
17.19 That austerity which is practised from deluded notions by means of self-torture or in order to injure another is said to be Tamasika. - Adi