The austerity that is practiced with hypocrisy, for the sake of honor, respect and adoration — that is said here as rājasika, unstable and transient.

Rājasika tapas: impure motivation. Satkāra — gestures of respect. Māna — honor. Pūjā — worship/admiration from others. The purpose (artha) is reputation, not transformation.

Dambhena — with hypocrisy, showing more than one is. Result: calam — unstable, agitated. Adhruvam — non-lasting, transient. When external attention ceases, the “tapas” ceases.