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Verse 34

Niralamba

आसुरमिति च ब्रह्मविष्ण्वीशानेन्द्रादीनामैश्वर्यकामनया निरशनजपाग्निहोत्रादिष्वन्तरात्मानं सन्तापयति चात्युग्ररागद्वेषविहिंसादम्भाद्यपेक्षितं तप आसुरम् ॥३४॥

आसुरम् इति च । ब्रह्म-विष्णु-ईशान-इन्द्र-आदीनाम् ऐश्वर्य-कामनया । निरशन-जप-अग्निहोत्र-आदिषु । अन्तर-आत्मानम् सन्तापयति च । अति-उग्र-राग-द्वेष-विहिंसा-दम्भ-आदि-अपेक्षितम् । तपः आसुरम् ॥३४॥

āsuram iti ca brahmaviṣṇvīśānendrādīnām aiśvaryakāmanayā niraśanajapāgnihotrādiṣv antarātmānaṃ santāpayati cātyugrarāgadveṣavihiṃsādambhādyapekṣitaṃ tapa āsuram ॥34॥

“阿修罗性”的苦行,确实是:因贪求如梵天、毗湿奴、伊湿那、因陀罗等诸神之主宰权势,而以断食、持咒(japa)、火供等行门折磨内在自我;并伴随极其猛烈的贪欲与嗔恨、暴力、虚伪、矫饰等诸过失。

“Asuric,” indeed, is that austerity in which, with the desire for lordship like that of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Īśāna, Indra and the rest, one torments the inner Self by fasting, muttering (japa), fire-offerings and the like, and which is accompanied by extremely fierce passion and hatred, violence, hypocrisy and similar (defects).

Tapas (austerity) and its sattvic/rajasic/tamasic (asuric) orientation; bondage through desire for aiśvaryaMahavakya: Indirect: contrasts ego-driven striving with knowledge implied by “Aham Brahmāsmi” (identity beyond desire for lordship).AtharvaChandas: Prose