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