Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 17, Verse 11

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• 1 अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते |यष्टव्यमेवेति मन: समाधाय स सात्विक: || 11
• 2 भावार्थ:
• 3 Translation

अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते |

यष्टव्यमेवेति मन: समाधाय स सात्विक: || 11

aphalākāṅkṣhibhir yajño vidhi-driṣhṭo ya ijyate
yaṣhṭavyam eveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ

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भावार्थ:

जो शास्त्र विधि से नियत, यज्ञ करना ही कर्तव्य है- इस प्रकार मन को समाधान करके, फल न चाहने वाले पुरुषों द्वारा किया जाता है, वह सात्त्विक है ॥11॥

Translation

Sacrifice that is performed according to the scriptural injunctions without expectation of rewards, with the firm conviction of the mind that it is a matter of duty is of the nature of goodness.

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya’s Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

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