Bhagavad Gita 17.19 meaningYou are what you trust
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Hurting yourself or others is never good practice.”
What it means
“Discipline practised with misguided stubbornness, by hurting oneself or to harm others, is dull.”
The original Sanskrit
मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः । परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥
mūḍhagrāheṇātmano yatpīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ parasyotsādanārthaṃ vā tattāmasamudāhṛtam
Translations
Literal translation
That austerity which is undertaken with a foolish intent, by causing pain to oneself, or for the destruction of others-that is said to be born of tamas.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
जो तप मूढ़तापूर्वक स्वयं को पीड़ित करते हुए अथवा अन्य लोगों के नाश के लिए किया जाता है, वह तप तामस कहा गया है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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