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“Practice for applause collapses into instability.”
जो तप सत्कार, मान और पूजाके लिये तथा दिखानेके भावसे किया जाता है, वह इस लोकमें अनिश्चित और नाशवान् फल देनेवाला तप राजस कहा गया है ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर टैप करके उसे देखें।
शब्दशःfor honor, respect, and worship · austerity · with pretence, show · and · indeed · that which · is done · that · here, in this world · is said · rajasic · unstable · impermanent
Practice done to impress others, gain respect, or look holy is unstable and short-lived. It may bring attention, but not lasting value.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "श्रद्धात्रय विभाग योग" में।
श्लोक 18 भगवद् गीता के 17वें अध्याय में है — श्रद्धात्रय विभाग योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 28 श्लोक हैं।
A colleague announces his Navratri fast loudly every day and waits for admiration. Krishna would call that rajasic austerity: done for honour and display, with results that fade as fast as the praise.
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Austerity done for honour, praise and show is rajasic, Krishna says, and its results are unstable.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
Practice done to impress others, gain respect, or look holy is unstable and short-lived. It may bring attention, but not lasting value.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
Krishna continues explaining three kinds of austerity to Arjuna. After describing pure discipline, he turns to the kind done for status, admiration, or display. It looks spiritual, but it is shaky and temporary.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
A colleague announces his Navratri fast loudly every day and waits for admiration. Krishna would call that rajasic austerity: done for honour and display, with results that fade as fast as the praise.
“You can feel the difference between sincere effort and performance. The second leaves you emptier, even when others clap.”