Chapter 17, Verse 21
यत्तु प्रत्युपकारार्थं फलमुद्दिश्य वा पुनः। दीयते च परिक्लिष्टं तद्दानं राजसं स्मृतम्।।17.21।।
yattu pratyupakārārthaṃ phalamuddiśya vā punaḥ. dīyate ca parikliṣṭaṃ taddānaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam..17.21..
Word by word
- yat
- which
- tu
- but
- prati-upakāra-artham
- for the sake of a return favor
- phalam
- fruit/result
- uddiśya
- aiming at/intending
- vā
- or
- punaḥ
- again
- dīyate
- is given
- ca
- and
- parikliṣṭam
- grudgingly/reluctantly (given with distress)
- tat
- that
- dānam
- charity/gift
- rājasam
- of the nature of rajas (passion)
- smṛtam
- is remembered/declared to be
Commentary
21. And that gift which is given with a view to a return of the good, or looking for the fruit, or reluctantly, that gift is held to be Rajasic.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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yat
tu
prati-upakāra-artham
phalam
uddiśya
vā
punaḥ
dīyate
ca
parikliṣṭam
tat
dānam
rājasam
smṛtam
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