Chapter 17, Verse 12
अभिसंधाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्। इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम्।।17.12।।
abhisaṃdhāya tu phalaṃ dambhārthamapi caiva yat. ijyate bharataśreṣṭha taṃ yajñaṃ viddhi rājasam..17.12..
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- अभिसंधाय
- having aimed at / with expectation of
- तु
- but/indeed
- फलम्
- the fruit/result
- दम्भार्थम्
- for the sake of ostentation
- अपि च एव
- and also indeed
- यत्
- which
- इज्यते
- is performed/sacrificed
- भरतश्रेष्ठ
- O best of the Bharatas
- तम्
- that
- यज्ञम्
- sacrifice
- विद्धि
- know
- राजसम्
- to be of the nature of rajas (passion)
Commentary
12. That which is offered, O best of the Bharatas, with a view to reward and for osten- tation, know it to be a Rajasic worship.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अभिसंधाय
तु
फलम्
दम्भार्थम्
अपि च एव
यत्
इज्यते
भरतश्रेष्ठ
तम्
यज्ञम्
विद्धि
राजसम्
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