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TEXT 19

VERŠ 19

Devanagari

Dévanágarí

मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तप: ।
परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥ १९ ॥

Text

Verš

mūḍha-grāheṇātmano yat
pīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ
parasyotsādanārthaṁ vā
tat tāmasam udāhṛtam
mūḍha-grāheṇātmano yat
pīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ
parasyotsādanārthaṁ vā
tat tāmasam udāhṛtam

Synonyms

Synonyma

mūḍha — foolish; grāheṇa — with endeavor; ātmanaḥ — of one’s own self; yat — which; pīḍayā — by torture; kriyate — is performed; tapaḥ — penance; parasya — to others; utsādana-artham — for the sake of causing annihilation; vā — or; tat — that; tāmasam — in the mode of darkness; udāhṛtam — is said to be.

mūḍha — pochabý; grāheṇa — s úsilím; ātmanaḥ — sám seba; yat — ktorá; pīḍayā — trýznením; kriyate — konané; tapaḥ — o pokání; parasya — druhým; utsādana-artham — aby priviedla do skazy; vā — alebo; tat — to; tāmasam — v kvalite nevedomosti; udāhṛtam — hovorí sa.

Translation

Překlad

Penance performed out of foolishness, with self-torture or to destroy or injure others, is said to be in the mode of ignorance.

O sebakázni konanej z nerozumu, sebatrýznením alebo s úmyslom privodiť skazu či ublížiť druhým, sa hovorí, že náleží do kvality nevedomosti.

Purport

Význam

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.

Sú prípady kedy démoni podstupujú prísne pokánia, aby sa stali nesmrteľnými a mohli zabíjať polobohov. Hiraṇyakaśipu sa napríklad modlil o tieto veci k Brahmovi, ale nakoniec bol zabitý Najvyššou Božskou Osobnosťou. Činiť pokánie kvôli niečomu nedosiahnuteľnému náleží zaiste do kvality nevedomosti.