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<div class="heading">Penance performed out of foolishness, with self-torture or to destroy or injure others, is said to be in the mode of ignorance.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 17.19|BG 17.19, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div class="trans text" style="display: inline; "><p style="display: inline; ">Penance performed out of foolishness, with self-torture or to destroy or injure others, is said to be in the mode of ignorance.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>There are instances of foolish penance undertaken by demons like Hiraṇyakaśipu, who performed austere penances to become immortal and kill the demigods. He prayed to Brahmā for such things, but ultimately he was killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To undergo penances for something which is impossible is certainly in the mode of ignorance.</p>
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