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Bhagavad Gita 17.18

सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्।क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम्।।

satkāra-māna-pūjārthaṁ tapo dambhena chaiva yat kriyate tad iha proktaṁ rājasaṁ chalam adhruvam

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
sat-kārasat-kārarespect
mānamānahonor
pūjāpūjāadoration
arthamarthamfor the sake of
tapaḥtapaḥausterity
dambhenadambhenawith ostentation
chachaalso
evaevacertainly
yatyatwhich
kriyatekriyateis performed
tattatthat
ihaihain this world
proktamproktamis said
rājasamrājasamin the mode of passion
chalamchalamflickering
adhruvamadhruvamtemporary

The austerity that is practiced with the aim of gaining good reception, honor, and worship, and with hypocrisy, is said to be Rajasic, unstable, and transient.

जो तप सत्कार, मान और पूजा के लिए अथवा केवल दम्भ (पाखण्ड) से ही किया जाता है, वह अनिश्चित और क्षणिक तप यहाँ राजस कहा गया है।।