Commentary on the Bhagavadgita : 46-7 - Swami Krishnananda.
======================================================================= = ====================================================================== Saturday, July 23, 2022. 19:00. Discourse 46: The Seventeenth Chapter Begins – The Threefold Character of Faith : 7. = ======================================================================== Slokam-18 : "Satkaramanapujartham tapo dambhena caiva yat, kriyate tadiha proktam rajasam calamadhruvam." (17.18): ================================================ *Austerity that is performed with ostentation for the sake of gaining honor, respect, and adoration is in the mode of passion. Its benefits are unstable and transitory. *Those ostentatious penances and austerities which are performed in order to gain respect, honor and reverence are said to be in the mode of passion. They are neither stable nor permanent. ==========================================================...