मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः |\nपरस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ||१७-१९||
mūḍhagrāheṇātmano yatpīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ .\nparasyotsādanārthaṃ vā tattāmasamudāhṛtam ||17-19||
Austerity that is performed by those with confused notions, and which involves torturing the self or harming others, is described to be in the mode of ignorance.