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BG 17.19 (1972)

BG 17.19 (1983+)

please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_19"#TEXT 19#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः ।#/dd# #dd#परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥१९॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#mūḍha-grāheṇātmano yat#/dd# #dd#pīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ#/dd# #dd#parasyotsādanārthaṁ vā#/dd# #dd#tat tāmasam udāhṛtam#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i#mūḍha#/i#—foolish; #i#grāheṇa#/i#—with endeavor; #i#ātmanaḥ#/i#—of one's own self; #i#yat#/i#—which; #i#pīḍayā#/i#—by torture; #i#kriyate#/i#—is performed; #i#tapaḥ#/i#—penance; #i#parasya#/i#—to others; #i#utsādanārtham#/i#—causing annihilation; #i#vā#/i#—or; #i#tat#/i#—that; #i#tāmasam#/i#—in the mode of darkness; #i#udāhṛtam#/i#—is said to be. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#And those penances and austerities which are performed foolishly by means of obstinant self-torture, or to destroy or injure others, are said to be in the mode of ignorance. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#There are instances of foolish penance undertaken by demons like Hiraṇyakaśipu, who performed austere penances to become immortal and kill the demigods. He prayed to Brahmā for such things, but ultimately he was killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To undergo penances for something which is impossible is certainly in the mode of ignorance. #/p# #/div# #/div# please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_19"#TEXT 19#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः ।#/dd# #dd#परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥१९॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#mūḍha-grāheṇātmano yat#/dd# #dd#pīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ#/dd# #dd#parasyotsādanārthaṁ vā#/dd# #dd#tat tāmasam udāhṛtam#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mūḍha&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#mūḍha#/i# — foolish; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=grāheṇa&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#grāheṇa#/i# — with endeavor; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātmanaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ātmanaḥ#/i# — of one's own self; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yat#/i# — which; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pīḍayā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pīḍayā#/i# — by torture; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kriyate&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kriyate#/i# — is performed; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tapaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tapaḥ#/i# — penance; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=parasya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#parasya#/i# — to others; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=utsādana&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#utsādana-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=artham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#artham#/i# — for the sake of causing annihilation; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vā#/i# — or; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tat#/i# — that; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tāmasam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tāmasam#/i# — in the mode of darkness; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=udāhṛtam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#udāhṛtam#/i# — is said to be. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#Penance performed out of foolishness, with self-torture or to destroy or injure others, is said to be in the mode of ignorance. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#There are instances of foolish penance undertaken by demons like Hiraṇyakaśipu, who performed austere penances to become immortal and kill the demigods. He prayed to Brahmā for such things, but ultimately he was killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To undergo penances for something which is impossible is certainly in the mode of ignorance. #/p# #/div# #/div#
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