Chapter 18, Verse 5
यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यं कार्यमेव तत्। यज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम्।।18.5।।
yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyaṃ kāryameva tat. yajño dānaṃ tapaścaiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām..18.5..
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- यज्ञ-दान-तपः-कर्म
- acts of sacrifice, gift, and austerity
- न
- not
- त्याज्यम्
- to be abandoned
- कार्यम् एव
- should indeed be performed
- तत्
- that
- यज्ञः
- sacrifice
- दानम्
- gift/charity
- तपः
- austerity
- च एव
- and indeed
- पावनानि
- purifying
- मनीषिणाम्
- for the wise
Commentary
5. Practice of worship, gift, and austerity should not be given up ; it is quite necessary ; wor- ship, gift and austerity are the purifiers of the wise.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यज्ञ-दान-तपः-कर्म
न
त्याज्यम्
कार्यम् एव
तत्
यज्ञः
दानम्
तपः
च एव
पावनानि
मनीषिणाम्
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