Chapter 17 · Verse 5The Three Divisions of Faith
Bhagavad Gita 17.5
BG 17.5 — Chapter 17 (The Three Divisions of Faith), Verse 5, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः | दम्भाहंकारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः ||१७-५||
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aśāstravihitaṃ ghoraṃ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ . dambhāhaṃkārasaṃyuktāḥ kāmarāgabalānvitāḥ ||17-5||
Roman: ashastravihitam ghoram tapyante ye tapo janah . dambhahamkarasamyuktah kamaragabalanvitah
Those men who practise terrific austerities not enjoined by the scriptures, given to hypocrisy and egoism, impelled by the force of lust and attachment.