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BG 17.5

अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः
दम्भाहंकारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः

aśāstravihitaṃ ghoraṃ
tapyante ye tapo janāḥ
dambhāhaṃkārasaṃyuktāḥ
kāmarāgabalānvitāḥ

SYNONYMS

aśāstra-vihitam: not enjoined by the Shastras | ghoram: terrible | tapyante: practise | ye: those | tapaḥ: austerity | janāḥ: men | dambha: ostentation | ahaṃkāra: conceit | saṃyuktāḥ: given to | kāma: sensual desires | rāga: passion | bala-anvitāḥ: prompted by the force of |

TRANSLATION

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