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Aligning Consciousness

Ch 17Verse 19
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."

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The Direct Meaning

Austerity in the mode of ignorance (tāmasam) is dark and destructive. It is performed out of deep foolishness or stubborn delusion (mūḍha-grāheṇa). It involves literal self-torture and infliction of pain upon oneself (ātmano pīḍayā), or it is performed with the specific, malicious intent to destroy and injure others (parasya utsādanārthaṁ).

Translated from the original Sanskrit text

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