Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 530

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-17 Śraddhā-traya-vibhāga Yogaḥ

Commentary Offerings made in the fire, all self-discipline and philanthropy when performed without conviction, are Asat (ie. unreal, unbeneficial), even though they may have been enjoined by the Scriptures. Why so? Because they are worthless here and in the hereafter; — [without being purified by conviction] they are not conducive to Liberation nor to any significant mundane results. hariḥ oṃ tatsat iti śrīmad bhagavad gītāsūpaniṣatsu brahma-vidyāyāṃ yoga-śāstre śrī kṛṣṇārjuna saṃvāde śraddhā-traya-vibhāga-yogo nāma saptaḍaśo’dhyāya Thus in the Upanishads of the Glorious Bhagavad Gita The science of the Eternal, the Scripture of Yoga The dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna Ends the seventeenth discourse entitled “The Three Division of Conviction”