मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः | परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ||१७-१९||
mūḍhagrāheṇātmano yatpīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ . parasyotsādanārthaṃ vā tattāmasamudāhṛtam ||17-19||
- mūḍha
- foolish
- grāheṇa
- with endeavor
- ātmanaḥ
- of one’s own self
- yat
- which
- pīḍayā
- by torture
- kriyate
- is performed
- tapaḥ
- penance
- parasya
- to others
- utsādana-artham
- for the sake of causing annihilation
- vā
- or
- tat
- that
- tāmasam
- in the mode of darkness
- udāhṛtam
- is said to be
Penance performed out of foolishness, with self-torture or to destroy or injure others, is said to be in the mode of ignorance.