ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 17, Slok 5

Text

ಅಶಾಸ್ತ್ರವಿಹಿತಂ ಘೋರಂ ತಪ್ಯನ್ತೇ ಯೇ ತಪೋ ಜನಾಃ | ದಮ್ಭಾಹಂಕಾರಸಂಯುಕ್ತಾಃ ಕಾಮರಾಗಬಲಾನ್ವಿತಾಃ ||೧೭-೫||

Transliteration

aśāstravihitaṃ ghoraṃ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ . dambhāhaṃkārasaṃyuktāḥ kāmarāgabalānvitāḥ ||17-5||

Meanings

17.5 Those men who practise terrible austerity not enjoined by the Sastras, given to ostentation and conceit, and prompted by the force of sensual desires and passion; - Adi