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Chapter 17
Link:- The Lord in the preceding verses, described those people, who casting aside ordinances of the scriptures, offer worship with faith. They neglect the ordinances because they do not know them. Now He, in the next two verses, describes those who intentionally neglect the ordinances of scriptures, and are also lacking, in faith.
asastravihitam ghoram tapyante ye tapo janah
dambhahankarasamyuktah kamaragabalanvitah
karsayantah sarirastham bhatagramamacetasah
mam caivantah sartrastham tanviddhyasuraniscayan
Those men who perform stern austerities, not enjoined by the scripture, due to hypocrisy and egoism, impelled by desire (lust) and attachment, who torment the elements, in their body, and Me, Who dwell in the body, know these senseless (ignorant) people, to be of demoniacal resolves. 5.6
Comment:-
Asastravihitam chords tapyante ye tapo janah:- Those men perform dire austerities which are not sanctioned by the scriptures rather forbidden. It is because of their tamasika intellect (intellect enveloped in darkness) (Gita 18/32) that they themselves do not know the ordinance of scriptures. Moreover, they are not prepared to accept those ordinances, and act upon these, even if, those ordinances, are explained to them by some person.
Dambhahaiikarasamyuktah:- They, are full of hypocrisy and egoism. They believe, that people who are engaged in adoration, meditation and study of scriptures, are hypocrites. So they also pretend to be, what they are not, and are puffed up with pride, because of their false intelligence, wisdom and knowledge etc. They think that they can bring other people round, to their view-point; and they need not listen to the scriptures, because they possess, enough knowledge.
Kamaragabalanvitah:- The term 'Kama', stands for lust, for worldly pleasure. They remain engrossed in those pleasures i.e., they remain attached to them. Impelled by me force of desire, they have a thirst for these and so they want to secure and maintain them. Thus, they hanker after worldly pleasure and prosperity and remain engrossed in them, by regarding - these, as the only goal of human life.,They have the feelings, mat if having obtained this human life, they have not enjoyed worldly pleasure, they are just like beasts. If they have not acquired those materials, for enjoyment, what have they:gained? Without those enjoyments, their life has gone in vain. They are always given, to sense-enjoyments. They perform austerities, obstinately with a view to acquire material for worldly enjoyment.
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