Rudra-samhita - Chapter 89 - Verse 28
Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · 89 · Verse 28
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Sanskrit Original
परार्थे च तपश्चेद्वै तिष्ठेत्तु तप एव तत् ॥ रत्नं हस्ते समादाय हित्वा काचस्तु संचितः ॥२८॥
parArthe ca tapazcedvai tiSThettu tapa eva tat ॥ ratnaM haste samAdAya hitvA kAcastu saMcitaH ॥28॥
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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.