Bhagavad Gita 17.19
Chapter 17: Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga (The Three Kinds of Faith) · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग
मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः ।परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥
mūḍhagrāheṇātmano yatpīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ |parasyotsādanārthaṃ vā tattāmasamudāhṛtam ||
Meaning of Gita 17.19 in English
Discipline done out of foolish stubbornness, by torturing oneself, or in order to harm someone else is called tamasic.
गीता 17.19 का हिंदी अर्थ
जो तप मूर्खतापूर्ण हठ से, अपने को कष्ट देकर, या किसी दूसरे को नुकसान पहुँचाने के लिए किया जाता है, वह तामसिक कहलाता है।
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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.