अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः | दम्भाहंकारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः ||१७-५||
aśāstravihitaṃ ghoraṃ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ . dambhāhaṃkārasaṃyuktāḥ kāmarāgabalānvitāḥ ||17-5||
- aśāstra
- not in the scriptures
- vihitam
- directed
- ghoram
- harmful to others
- tapyante
- undergo
- ye
- those who
- tapaḥ
- austerities
- janāḥ
- persons
- dambha
- with pride
- ahaṅkāra
- and egoism
- saṁyuktāḥ
- engaged
- kāma
- of lust
- rāga
- and attachment
- bala
- by the force
- anvitāḥ
- impelled
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.