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== Bhagavad-gita As It Is | <div class="section" id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2></div> | ||
=== BG Chapters 13 - 18 | <div class="sub_section" id="BG_Chapters_13_-_18" text="BG Chapters 13 - 18"><h3>BG Chapters 13 - 18</h3></div> | ||
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<div class="heading">Penance performed out of foolishness, with self-torture or to destroy or injure others, is said to be in the mode of ignorance.</div> | |||
< | <div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:BG 17.19 (1972)|BG 17.19, Translation and Purport]]: Penance performed out of foolishness, with self-torture or to destroy or injure others, is said to be in the mode of ignorance.''' | ||
There are instances of foolish penance undertaken by demons like Hiraṇyakaśipu, who performed austere penances to become immortal and kill the demigods. He prayed to Brahmā for such things, but ultimately he was killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To undergo penances for something which is impossible is certainly in the mode of ignorance.</ | There are instances of foolish penance undertaken by demons like Hiraṇyakaśipu, who performed austere penances to become immortal and kill the demigods. He prayed to Brahmā for such things, but ultimately he was killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To undergo penances for something which is impossible is certainly in the mode of ignorance.</div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:21, 19 May 2018
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 13 - 18
Penance performed out of foolishness, with self-torture or to destroy or injure others, is said to be in the mode of ignorance.
BG 17.19, Translation and Purport: Penance performed out of foolishness, with self-torture or to destroy or injure others, is said to be in the mode of ignorance.
There are instances of foolish penance undertaken by demons like Hiraṇyakaśipu, who performed austere penances to become immortal and kill the demigods. He prayed to Brahmā for such things, but ultimately he was killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To undergo penances for something which is impossible is certainly in the mode of ignorance.