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Chapter 17, Verse 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
and
स्थितिः
steadfastness/firmness
सत्
'Sat' (the Real, the Good)
इति
thus
and
उच्यते
is called
कर्म
action
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
स्थितिः
सत्
इति
उच्यते
कर्म
एव
तदर्थीयम्
सत्
इति
एव
अभिधीयते

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