17.5 अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः।दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः
aśāstra
Word meanings
aśhāstra-vihitam—not enjoined by the scriptures;ghoram—stern;tapyante—perform;ye—who;tapaḥ—austerities;janāḥ—people;dambha—hypocrisy;ahankāra—egotism;sanyuktāḥ—possessed of;kāma—desire;rāga—attachment;bala—force;anvitāḥ—impelled by
Verse audio
Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Translation stream
Those men who practise terrible austerities not as enjoined in the scriptures, who are bound by hypocrisy and conceit, and are impelled by the force of passion for desired objects;
Those who practise austerities not commanded by scripture, who are slaves to hypocrisy and egotism, who are carried away by the fury of desire and passion,
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;
Those persons who, given to ostentation and pride, and possessed of passion, attachment and strength, undertake severe austerities not sanctioned in the scriptures;
Those men who practise terrific austerities not enjoined by the scriptures, given to hypocrisy and egoism, impelled by the force of lust and attachment,
17.7 आहारस्त्वपि सर्वस्य त्रिविधो भवति प्रियः।यज्ञस्तपस्तथा दानं तेषां भेदमिमं शृणु
āhāras
Word meanings
āhāraḥ—food;tu—indeed;api—even;sarvasya—of all;tri-vidhaḥ—of three kinds;bhavati—is;priyaḥ—dear;yajñaḥ—sacrifice;tapaḥ—austerity;tathā—and;dānam—charity;teṣhām—of them;bhedam—distinctions;imam—this;śhṛiṇu—hear
Verse audio
Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Translation stream
Further, the food which is dear to all is of three kinds. So too are their sacrifice, austerity, and charity. Listen to this distinction of them.
The food which men enjoy is also threefold, like the ways of sacrifice, austerity and almsgiving. Listen to the distinction.
Even the food which is dear to all is threefold. So are sacrifices, austerity and gifts. Listen about this distinction among them.
Food also, which is dear to all, is of three kinds; and so also are sacrifices, austerity and charity. Listen to this classification of them.
The food also which is dear to each is threefold, as also sacrifice, austerity and alms-giving. Hear thou the distinction of these.
Verse
श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग
Chapter 17: Tell Apart the Three Kinds of Faith
śraddhātrayavibhāgayoga
Chapters
Verses
17.6 कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः।मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान्
|
Word meanings
karṣhayantaḥ—torment;śharīra-stham—within the body;bhūta-grāmam—elements of the body;achetasaḥ—senseless;mām—me;cha—and;eva—even;antaḥ—within;śharīra-stham—dwelling in the body;tān—them;viddhi—know;āsura-niśhchayān—of demoniacal resolves
Verse audio
Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Translation stream
Those who unintelligently emaciate the conglomeration of elements in their physical body and emaciate Me, dwelling within the physical body—know them to be of a demoniac resolve.
They are ignorant. They torment the organs of the body; and they harass Me also, Who lives within. Know that they are devoted to evil.
These foolish men, torturing the group of elements in their bodies and Me also who dwell within the body - know them to be demoniacal in their resolves.
(And who,) being non-discriminating, torture, all the organs in the body as also even Me who reside in the body,-know them as possessed of demoniacal conviction.
Senseless, torturing all the elements in the body and Me also, who dwells in the body,–know thou these to be of demoniacal resolves.
