Chapter 17, Verse 1
अर्जुन उवाच ये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः। तेषां निष्ठा तु का कृष्ण सत्त्वमाहो रजस्तमः।।17.1।।
arjuna uvāca ye śāstravidhimutsṛjya yajante śraddhayā'nvitāḥ. teṣāṃ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa sattvamāho rajastamaḥ.।17.1।।
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- अर्जुनः उवाच
- Arjuna said
- ये
- who (those who)
- शास्त्रविधिम्
- the rules/injunctions of scripture
- उत्सृज्य
- having abandoned/cast aside
- यजन्ते
- they worship/sacrifice
- श्रद्धया
- with faith
- अन्विताः
- endowed with, possessed of
- तेषाम्
- of them
- निष्ठा
- steadfastness, foundation, standing
- तु
- but/indeed
- का
- what (kind)
- कृष्ण
- O Krishna
- सत्त्वम्
- sattva (goodness/purity)
- आहो
- or
- रजः
- rajas (passion/activity)
- तमः
- tamas (darkness/inertia)
Commentary
I. Whoso worship, setting aside the ordi- nance of the scripture, endued with faith, — what faith is theirs ? Is it Sattva, or Rajas, or Tamas ?
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अर्जुनः उवाच
ये
शास्त्रविधिम्
उत्सृज्य
यजन्ते
श्रद्धया
अन्विताः
तेषाम्
निष्ठा
तु
का
कृष्ण
सत्त्वम्
आहो
रजः
तमः
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