Shiva Purana

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परार्थे च तपश्चेद्वै तिष्ठेत्तु तप एव तत् ॥ रत्नं हस्ते समादाय हित्वा काचस्तु संचितः ॥२८॥

sanskrit

If your penance is for others or for the supreme object, wherefore should you perform it at all? You had a jewel in your hand, you cast it off and have taken up a base metal instead.

english translation

parArthe ca tapazcedvai tiSThettu tapa eva tat ॥ ratnaM haste samAdAya hitvA kAcastu saMcitaH ॥28॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/89/28

परार्थे च तपश्चेद्वै तिष्ठेत्तु तप एव तत् ॥ रत्नं हस्ते समादाय हित्वा काचस्तु संचितः ॥२८॥

sanskrit

If your penance is for others or for the supreme object, wherefore should you perform it at all? You had a jewel in your hand, you cast it off and have taken up a base metal instead.

english translation

parArthe ca tapazcedvai tiSThettu tapa eva tat ॥ ratnaM haste samAdAya hitvA kAcastu saMcitaH ॥28॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript