SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 17 Text 5-6
asastra-vihitam ghoram
tapyante ye tapo janah
dambhahankara-samyuktah
kama-raga-balanvitah

karsayantah sarira-stham
bhuta-gramam acetasah
mam caivantah sarira-stham
tan viddhy asura-niscayan

asastra--not in the scriptures; vihitam--directed; ghoram--harmful to others; tapyante--undergo; ye--those who; tapah--austerities; janah--persons; dambha--with pride; ahankara--and egoism; samyuktah--engaged; kama--of lust; raga--and attachment; bala--by the force; anvitah--impelled; karsayantah--tormenting; sarira-stham--situated within the body; bhuta-gramam--the combination of material elements; acetasah--having a misled mentality; mam--Me; ca--also; eva--certainly; antah--within; sarira-stham--situated in the body; tan--them; viddhi--understand; asura-niscayan--demons.

TRANSLATION

Those who undergo severe austerities and penances not recommended in the scriptures, performing them out of pride and egoism, who are impelled by lust and attachment, who are foolish and who torture the material elements of the body as well as the Supersoul dwelling within, are to be known as demons.