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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
आशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः । दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ता: कामरागबलान्विताः ॥ ५ ॥ कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः । मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान् विद्धयासुरानिश्चयान् ॥ ६ ॥
"Those who perform terrific austerities which are not prescribed by scriptures and are given to hypocrisy and arrogance resulting from lust and attachment." - 5
"They simply torture their bodily parts as well as Me in form of their spirit - know that they are of unholy resolves." - 6
आहारस्त्वपि सर्वस्य त्रिविधो भवति प्रियः । यज्ञस्तपस्तथा दानं तेषां भेदमिमं शृणु ॥ ७ ॥
"Moreover, there are three types of persons depending upon the food (They consume) and sacrifice, austerities and charity they undertake. Hear how they differ."7 आयुः सत्त्वबलारोग्यसुखप्रीतिविवर्धनाः । रस्या:स्त्रिग्धा:स्थिरा हृद्या आहाराः सात्त्विकप्रियाः ॥८॥
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