Chapter 17 · Verse 18The Three Divisions of Faith
Bhagavad Gita 17.18
BG 17.18 — Chapter 17 (The Three Divisions of Faith), Verse 18, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत् | क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम् ||१७-१८||
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satkāramānapūjārthaṃ tapo dambhena caiva yat . kriyate tadiha proktaṃ rājasaṃ calamadhruvam ||17-18||
Roman: satkaramanapujartham tapo dambhena caiva yat . kriyate tadiha proktam rajasam calamadhruvam
The austerity which is practised with the object of gaining good reception, honour and worship, and with hypocrisy, is here said to be Rajasic, unstable and transitory.