Chapter 17 Verse 5 of 28

| | अशास्त्र-विहितम्́ घॊरम्́ | तप्यंतॆ यॆ तपॊ जनाः | दंभाहन्́कार-सम्́युक्ताः | काम-राग-बलांविताः | कर्षयंतः शरीर-स्थम्́ | भूत-ग्रामम् अचॆतसः | माम्́ चैवांतः शरीर-स्थम्́ | तान् विढ्य् आसुर-निश्चयान् | |

• aśāstra-vihitaḿ ghoraḿ
• tapyante ye tapo janāḥ
• dambhāhańkāra-saḿyuktāḥ
• kāma-rāga-balānvitāḥ
• karṣayantaḥ śarīra-sthaḿ
• bhūta-grāmam acetasaḥ
• māḿ caivāntaḥ śarīra-sthaḿ
• tān viddhy āsura-niścayān

Translation

Those who undergo severe austerities and penances not recommended in the scriptures, performing them out of pride and egoism, who are impelled by lust and attachment, who are foolish and who torture the material elements of the body as well as the Supersoul dwelling within, are to be known as demons.

Synonyms

• aśāstra

  not in the scriptures

• vihitam

  directed

• ghoram

  harmful to others

• tapyante

  undergo

• ye

  those who

• tapaḥ

  austerities

• janāḥ

  persons

• dambha

  with pride

• aha

  ahań

• āra

  and egoism

• saḿyuktāḥ

  engaged

• kāma

  of lust

• rāga

  and attachment

• bala

  by the force

• anvitāḥ

  impelled

• karṣayantaḥ

  tormenting

• stham

  situated within the body

• grāmam

  the combination of material elements

• acetasaḥ

  having a misled mentality

• mām

  Me

• ca

  also

• eva

  certainly

• antaḥ

  within

• stham

  situated in the body

• tān

  them

• viddhi

  understand

• niścayān

  demons.

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