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Bhagavad Gita · 17.19

मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः।परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्॥

mūḍha-grāheṇātmano yat pīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ parasyotsādanārthaṁ vā tat tāmasam udāhṛitam

Austerity performed with foolish stubbornness, through self-torture, or for the purpose of harming others — that is declared to be in the mode of ignorance.

— Bhagavad Gita 17.19

Source: Sacred-Texts.com (Sanskrit) + Bhagavad-Gita.io (translations)

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