Texts 5-6 II
The Divisions of Earth
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TEXTS 5-6
अशास्त्रविहितं धोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः । 
    दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः ॥ ५ ॥ 
    कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः । 
    मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विज्झासुरनिश्चयान् ॥ ६ ॥
aśāstra-vihitaṁ ghoraṁ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ dambhāhaṅkāra-saṁyuktāḥ kāma-rāga-balānvitāḥ
karşayantaḥ śarīra-sthaṁ bhūta-grāmam acetasaḥ māṁ caivāntaḥ śarīra-sthaṁ tān viddhy āsura-niścayān
aśāstra —not mentioned in the scriptures;  vihitam —directed;  ghoram —harmful to others;  tapyante —undergo penances;  ye —those;  tapaḥ —austerities;  janāḥ —persons;  dambha —pride;  ahaṅkāra —egotism;  saṁyuktāḥ —engaged;  kāma —lust;  rāga —attachment;  bala —force;  anvitāḥ —impelled by;  karṣayantaḥ —tormenting;  śarīra-stham —situated within the body;  bhūta-grāmam —combination of material elements;  acetasaḥ —by such a misled mentality;  mām —to Me;  ca —also;  eva —certainly;  antaḥ —within;  śarīra-stham —situated in the body;  tān —them;  viddhi —understand;  āsura —demons;  niścayān —certainly.
TRANSLATION
Those who undergo severe austerities and penances not recommended in the scriptures, performing them out of pride, egotism, lust and attachment, who are impelled by passion and who torture their bodily organs as well as the Supersoul dwelling within are to be known as demons.
PURPORT
There are persons who manufacture modes of austerity and penances which are not mentioned in the scriptural injunctions. For instance, fasting for some ulterior purpose, such as to promote a purely political