Bhagavad Gita -Sivananda 370

Bhagavad Gita -Swami Sivananda

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

Summary of Seventeenth Discourse

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Yaatayaamam gatarasam pooti paryushitam cha yat;
Ucchishtamapi chaamedhyam bhojanam taamasapriyam.

10. That which is stale, tasteless, putrid, rotten and impure refuse, is the food liked by the
Tamasic.

Aphalaakaangkshibhiryajno vidhidrishto ya ijyate;
Yashtavyameveti manah samaadhaaya sa saattwikah.

11. That sacrifice which is offered by men without desire for reward as enjoined by the
ordinance (scripture), with a firm faith that to do so is a duty, is Sattwic (or pure).

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