रागाद्युपहते चित्ते व्रतादि क्रियते च यत् । तद्दम्भः प्रोच्यते तस्य फलमस्ति मनाङ्न च ॥ १२ ॥
rāgādyupahatē cittē vratādi kriyatē ca yat | taddambhaḥ prōcyatē tasya phalamasti manāṅna ca || 12 ||
Translation
And whatever vows and the like are done with a mind struck by passion and the rest are called hypocrisy; they have not the least fruit.
Word by word
- rāga
- passion
- ādi
- and the rest; and the like
- upahatē
- struck by
- cittē
- with a mind
- vrata
- vows
- kriyatē
- are done
- ca
- and
- yat
- whatever
- tad
- (tat) that
- dambhaḥ
- hypocrisy
- prōcyatē
- is called
- tasya
- its
- phalam
- fruit
- asti
- there is
- manāṅ
- (manāk) the least
- na
- not
Meaning
Vows kept for show, or kept while the passions rule, are hypocrisy (dambha), the commentary says, and bear no fruit at all. The vow is meant to quiet the mind; done from a disturbed mind it only dresses the disturbance in holy clothes.