karsayantah sarira-stham bhuta-gramam acetasah, mam caivantah sarira-stham tan viddhy asura-niscayan
Those who torture the elements of the body and the divine presence within — know them to be of demoniac resolve. Such extreme self-mortification harms both the body and the indwelling soul.
- •Extreme self-torture is a demoniac practice, not genuine spirituality
- •The divine (Krishna) dwells within all bodies and must not be harmed
- •True austerity purifies; tamasic austerity destroys