Bhagavad Gita -Sivananda 371

Bhagavad Gita -Swami Sivananda

Chapter-17 : THE YOGA OF THE DIVISION OF THE THREEFOLD FAITH

Summary of Seventeenth Discourse

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Abhisandhaaya tu phalam dambhaarthamapi chaiva yat;
Ijyate bharatashreshtha tam yajnam viddhi raajasam.

12. The sacrifice which is offered, O Arjuna, seeking a reward and for ostentation, know
thou that to be a Rajasic Yajna!

Vidhiheenam asrishtaannam mantraheenam adakshinam;
Shraddhaavirahitam yajnam taamasam parichakshate.

13. They declare that sacrifice to be Tamasic which is contrary to the ordinances of the
scriptures, in which no food is distributed, which is devoid of Mantras and gifts, and which is
devoid of faith.

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