Adhyāya 17Ch 17•Verse 19
"Penance performed out of foolishness, with self-to..."
Adhyāya 17 • Shloka 19
मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः | परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् || १९ ||
mūḍha-grāheṇātmano yat pīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ | parasyotsādanārthaṁ vā tat tāmasam udāhṛtam || 19 ||
"Penance performed out of foolishness, with self-torture or to destroy or injure others, is said to be in the mode of ignorance."