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अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते । यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः ॥ १७-११॥

That sacrifice which is offered by men without desire for reward as enjoined by Shaastra (scripture), with a firm faith that to do so is a duty, is done through sattva.

english translation

यज्ञ करना कर्तव्य है -- इस तरह मनको समाधान करके फलेच्छारहित मनुष्योंद्वारा जो शास्त्रविधिसे नियत यज्ञ किया जाता है, वह सात्त्विक है।

hindi translation

aphalAkAGkSibhiryajJo vidhidRSTo ya ijyate | yaSTavyameveti manaH samAdhAya sa sAttvikaH || 17-11||

hk transliteration by Sanscript