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17, Slok 5

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azAstravihitaM ghoraM tapyante ye tapo janAH | dambhAhaMkArasaMyuktAH kAmarAgabalAnvitAH ||17-5||

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