Shrimad Bhagavad Gita

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

sanskrit

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

hindi translation

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

hk transliteration

अभिसन्धाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत् । इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम् ॥ १७-१२॥

sanskrit

O Bharat ( Arjun )! But that sacrifice which is performed having in veiw a result, as also for ostentation, know that sacrifice to be done through rajas.

english translation

hindi translation

abhisandhAya tu phalaM dambhArthamapi caiva yat | ijyate bharatazreSTha taM yajJaM viddhi rAjasam || 17-12||

hk transliteration

विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम् । श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते ॥ १७-१३॥

sanskrit

They declare that sacrifice as 'done through tamas' which iscontrary to Shaastravidhi ( the ordinances of the scriptures ), in which no food is distributed, which is devoid of Mantras, gifts and faith.

english translation

hindi translation

vidhihInamasRSTAnnaM mantrahInamadakSiNam | zraddhAvirahitaM yajJaM tAmasaM paricakSate || 17-13||

hk transliteration

देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम् । ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते ॥ १७-१४॥

sanskrit

Worship of God and the Master; respect for the preacher and the wiseman; purity, rectitude, continence and harmlessness - all this is physical austerity.

english translation

hindi translation

devadvijaguruprAjJapUjanaM zaucamArjavam | brahmacaryamahiMsA ca zArIraM tapa ucyate || 17-14||

hk transliteration

अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् । स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते ॥ १७-१५॥

sanskrit

Speech that hurts no one, that is true, is pleasant to listen to and beneficial, and also the practice of regular recitation of the Vedas - all this is said to be an austerity of speech.

english translation

hindi translation

anudvegakaraM vAkyaM satyaM priyahitaM ca yat | svAdhyAyAbhyasanaM caiva vAGmayaM tapa ucyate || 17-15||

hk transliteration