Duty & Righteousness
Bhagavad Gita 17.19
मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः | परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ||१७-१९||
mūḍhagrāheṇātmano yatpīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ . parasyotsādanārthaṃ vā tattāmasamudāhṛtam ||17-19||
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Swami SivanandaEnglish
17.19 That austerity which is practised out of a foolish notion, with self-torture, or for the purpose of destroying another, is declared to be Tamasic.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaEnglish
Penance performed out of foolishness, with self-torture or to destroy or injure others, is said to be in the mode of ignorance.