Powerful Cognition

Let what may happen, happen

satkāra-māna-pūjārthaṁ tapo dambhena caiva yat kriyate tadiha

Austerity that is performed for gaining respect, honor, reverence, and for the sake of show, yielding an uncertain and temporary result, is said to be in the mode of aggression

Only when it is in the nature of total surrender, with no expectation of any results, it is in satva and of spiritual value.

mūḍhagrāheṇātmano yat pīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ parasyotsādanārthaṁ vā tattāmasamudāhṛtam

Austerity performed with foolish stubbornness or with self-torture or for harming others, is said to be in the mode of ignorance

No one but an Enlightened Master can curse, and an Enlightened Master cannot curse. He can only bless.