Chapter 17, Verse 11
अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते। यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः।।17.11।।
aphalākāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate। yaṣṭavyameveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ।।17.11।।
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- अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिः
- by those who do not desire the fruit/result
- यज्ञः
- sacrifice
- विधिदृष्टः
- as enjoined/prescribed by scriptural rule
- यः
- which
- इज्यते
- is performed/offered
- यष्टव्यम्
- (it) ought to be sacrificed/performed
- एव
- only/indeed
- इति
- thus (thinking)
- मनः
- mind
- समाधाय
- having fixed/composed
- सः
- that
- सात्त्विकः
- is of the nature of goodness (sattvic)
Commentary
n. That worship is Sattvic which is offered by men desiring no fruit, as enjoined in the Law with a fixed resolve in the mind that they should merely worship.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिः
यज्ञः
विधिदृष्टः
यः
इज्यते
यष्टव्यम्
एव
इति
मनः
समाधाय
सः
सात्त्विकः
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