रागद्वेषतमःक्रोधमदमात्सर्यवर्जनम् । विना राम तपो दानं क्लेश एव न वास्तवम् ॥ १० ॥
rāgadvēṣatamaḥkrōdhamadamātsaryavarjanam | vinā rāma tapō dānaṁ klēśa ēva na vāstavam || 10 ||
Translation
Without giving up passion, aversion, darkness, anger, pride and envy, Rāma, austerity and giving are mere hardship, not the real thing.
Word by word
- rāga
- passion
- dvēṣa
- aversion
- tamaḥ
- darkness
- krōdha
- anger
- mada
- pride
- mātsarya
- envy
- varjanam
- giving up
- vinā
- without
- rāma
- Rāma
- tapō
- (tapaḥ) austerity
- dānaṁ
- giving
- klēśa
- hardship
- ēva
- mere
- na
- not
- vāstavam
- the real thing
Meaning
Here is why austerity fails. Done while the heart keeps its passions, it is suffering and nothing more: it does not touch what binds. The commentary lists the six to be given up, passion, aversion, ignorance, anger, pride and envy, and says that without leaving them austerity and gifts are only pain, not a real means. Austerity that feeds pride is pride's servant.