Chapter 17
Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga
The Three Kinds of Faith
- Verse 17.1What is the state of those, O Krishna! who worship with faith, (but) abandoning scripture ordinances--goodness,…
- Verse 17.2Faith is of three kinds in embodied (beings), it is produced from dispositions. It is of the quality of goodness, of…
- Verse 17.3The faith of all, O descendant of Bharata! is conformable to the heart. A being here is full of faith, and whatever is…
- Verse 17.4Those of the quality of goodness worship the gods; those of the quality of passion the Yakshas and Rakshases; and the…
- Verse 17.5Know those to be of demoniac convictions, who practise fierce penance not ordained by scripture; who are full of…
- Verse 17.6who are without discernment; and who torment the groups of organs in (their) bodies, and me also seated within (those)…
- Verse 17.7The food also, which is liked by all, and likewise the sacrifice, the penance, and gifts, are of three kinds. Listen…
- Verse 17.8The kinds of food which increase life, energy, strength, health, comfort, and relish, which are savoury, oleaginous,…
- Verse 17.9The kinds of food which are bitter, acid, saltish, too hot, sharp, rough, and burning, and which cause pain, grief,…
- Verse 17.10And the food which is cold, tasteless, stinking, stale, impure, and even leavings, are liked by the dark.
- Verse 17.11That sacrifice is good which, being prescribed in (scripture) ordinances, is performed by persons not wishing for the…
- Verse 17.12But when a sacrifice is performed, O highest of the descendants of Bharata! with an expectation of fruit (from it),…
- Verse 17.13They call that sacrifice dark, which is against the ordinances (of scripture), in which no food is dealt out (to…
- Verse 17.14Paying reverence to gods, Brâhmanas, preceptors, and men of knowledge; purity, straightforwardness, life as…
- Verse 17.15The speech which causes no sorrow, which is true, agreeable, and beneficial, and the study of the Vedas, (this) is…
- Verse 17.16Calmness of mind, mildness, taciturnity, self-restraint, and purity of heart, this is called the penance mental.
- Verse 17.17This threefold penance, practised with perfect faith, by men who do not wish for the fruit, and who are possessed of…
- Verse 17.18The penance which is done for respect, honour, and reverence, and with ostentatiousness, and which is uncertain and…
- Verse 17.19And that penance is described as dark, which is performed under a misguided conviction, with pain to oneself, or for…
- Verse 17.20That gift is said (to be) good, which is given, because it ought to be given, to one who (can) do no service (in…
- Verse 17.21But that gift which is given with much difficulty, for a return of services, or even with an expectation of fruit, is…
- Verse 17.22And that gift, is described as dark, which is given to unfit persons, at an unfit place and time, without respect, and…
- Verse 17.23Om, Tad, and Sat, this is said (to be) the threefold designation of the Brahman. By that, the Brâhmanas and the Vedas…
- Verse 17.24Hence, the performance by those who study the Brahman, of sacrifices, gifts, and penances, prescribed by the…
- Verse 17.25Those who desire final emancipation perform the various acts of sacrifice and penance, and the various acts of gift,…
- Verse 17.26'Sat' is employed to express existence and goodness; and likewise, O son of Prithâ! the word 'Sat' is used to express…
- Verse 17.27Constancy in (making) sacrifices. penances, and gifts, is called 'Sat;' and (all) action, too, of which that is the…
- Verse 17.28Whatever oblation is offered, whatever is given, whatever penance is performed, and whatever is done, without faith,…