Bhagavad Gita 17.27
यज्ञे तपसि दाने च स्थितिः सदिति चोच्यते। कर्म चैव तदर्थीयं सदित्येवाभिधीयते।।17.27।।
yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ sadeti cocyate. karma caiva tadarthīyaṃ sadityevābhidhīyate.17.27.
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- यज्ञे
- in sacrifice
- तपसि
- in austerity
- दाने
- in charity/giving
- च
- and
- स्थितिः
- steadfastness/firmness
- सत्
- 'Sat' (the Real, the Good)
- इति
- thus
- च
- and
- उच्यते
- is called
- कर्म
- action
- च
- and
- एव
- indeed
- तदर्थीयम्
- undertaken for that (sacrifice, austerity, charity) purpose
- सत्
- 'Sat'
- इति
- thus
- एव
- indeed
- अभिधीयते
- is termed/designated
Commentary
27. Devotion to sacrifice, austerity and gift is also spoken of as 'Sat '; and even action in connec- tion with these is called * Sat.'
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यज्ञे
तपसि
दाने
च
स्थितिः
सत्
इति
च
उच्यते
कर्म
च
एव
तदर्थीयम्
सत्
इति
एव
अभिधीयते
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