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Bhagavad Gītā (Kashmirian recension)17.5

17.5
अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तपस्तप्यन्ति ये जनाः । दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः ॥ १७-५ ॥
aśāstravihitaṃ ghoraṃ tapastapyanti ye janāḥ | dambhāhaṅkārasaṃyuktāḥ kāmarāgabalānvitāḥ || 17-5 ||
— not enjoined by scripture, terrible ; — the austerity which those people practise ; — joined to hypocrisy and egoism ; — driven by the force of desire and passion

Those people who practise terrible austerity not enjoined by scripture, joined to hypocrisy and egoism, driven by the force of desire and passion,