अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः । दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः ॥ ५ ॥
aśhāstra-vihitaṁ ghoraṁ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ dambhāhankāra-sanyuktāḥ kāma-rāga-balānvitāḥ
Translation
Those who perform fierce austerities not prescribed by scripture, full of hypocrisy and ego, driven by the force of desire and attachment,
Hindi Meaning (हिंदी अर्थ)
जो लोग शास्त्र-विधि से रहित घोर तप करते हैं, दंभ और अहंकार से युक्त हैं, तथा कामना, आसक्ति और बल के अभिमान से प्रेरित हैं,
Commentary
Krishna warns against extreme self-torture presented as spirituality. Fasting to the point of harm, or painful practices done to impress or to gain power, come not from devotion but from dambha and ahankara, hypocrisy and ego. The sentence finishes in the next verse.