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Shloka 5

Abhimanyu’s Assault on Bhīṣma’s Screen; Banner-Felling and Reinforcements (सौभद्र-भीष्म-समरः)

अशान्‍्त्रविदितं घोर तप्यन्ते ये तपो जना: । दम्भाहंकारसंयुक्ता: कामरागबलान्विता:

arjuna uvāca | aśāstra-viditaṁ ghoraṁ tapyante ye tapo-janāḥ | dambhāhaṅkāra-saṁyuktāḥ kāma-rāga-balānvitāḥ ||

ਜੋ ਲੋਕ ਸ਼ਾਸਤ੍ਰ-ਵਿਧੀ ਤੋਂ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਘੋਰ ਤਪ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ— ਉਹ ਤਪੱਸਵੀ ਦੰਭ ਅਤੇ ਅਹੰਕਾਰ ਨਾਲ ਯੁਕਤ, ਅਤੇ ਕਾਮਨਾ, ਲਗਾਵ ਤੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਬਲ ਦੇ ਅਭਿਮਾਨ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਿਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਹੀ ਕਲੇਸ਼ ਦਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ।

अशास्त्रविदितम्not enjoined/known by scripture
अशास्त्रविदितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअशास्त्र-विदित
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
घोरम्terrible, severe
घोरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तप्यन्तेthey perform austerity / they mortify themselves
तप्यन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootतप्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तपःausterity, penance
तपः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
जनाःpeople
जनाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
दम्भhypocrisy, ostentation
दम्भ:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदम्भ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अहंकारegoism, pride
अहंकार:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअहंकार
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
संयुक्ताःendowed/associated (with)
संयुक्ताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-युज्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कामdesire
काम:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
रागattachment, passion
राग:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootराग
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
बलforce, strength
बल:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबल
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
अन्विताःpossessed of, accompanied by
अन्विताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनु-इ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

अजुन उवाच

A
Arjuna

Educational Q&A

Austerity is not automatically virtuous: when it is not guided by śāstra and is driven by hypocrisy, ego, desire, attachment, and pride, it becomes ethically distorted and spiritually unwholesome.

Arjuna is speaking and characterizing a type of practitioner who performs frightening, self-tormenting penance outside scriptural norms, motivated by vanity and craving—setting up a moral contrast between dharmic discipline and ego-driven self-mortification.