अध्याय 17, Slok 19

Text

मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः | परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ||१७-१९||

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