BG - 17.5

अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः।दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः।।17.5।।

aśhāstra-vihitaṁ ghoraṁ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ dambhāhankāra-sanyuktāḥ kāma-rāga-balānvitāḥ

• aśhāstra-vihitam - not enjoined by the scriptures
• ghoram - stern
• tapyante - perform
• ye - who
• tapaḥ - austerities
• janāḥ - people
• dambha - hypocrisy
• ahankāra - egotism
• sanyuktāḥ - possessed of
• kāma - desire
• rāga - attachment
• bala - force
• anvitāḥ - impelled by
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Translation

Those men who practice terrific austerities not prescribed by the scriptures, given to hypocrisy and egoism, driven by the force of lust and attachment.

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