Chapter 17, Verse 7
आहारस्त्वपि सर्वस्य त्रिविधो भवति प्रियः। यज्ञस्तपस्तथा दानं तेषां भेदमिमं श्रृणु।।17.7।।
āhārastvapi sarvasya trividho bhavati priyaḥ। yajñastapastathā dānaṃ teṣāṃ bhedamimaṃ śṛṇu।।17.7।।
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- आहारः
- food
- तु अपि
- indeed also
- सर्वस्य
- of everyone
- त्रिविधः
- threefold
- भवति
- is
- प्रियः
- dear/liked
- यज्ञः
- sacrifice
- तपः
- austerity
- तथा
- likewise
- दानम्
- charity
- तेषाम्
- of these
- भेदम्
- distinction
- इमम्
- this
- श्रृणु
- hear
Commentary
7. The food also which is dear to each is threefold, as also worship, austerity and gift. Do thou hear of this* their distinction.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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आहारः
तु अपि
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यज्ञः
तपः
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