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Chapter 17
abhisandhaya tu dambhfirthamapi mina yat Ijyate
bharatasrestha tam yajnam viddhi rajasam
Sacrifice, which is offered in expectation of reward or for the sake of ostentation, know, 0 best of the Bharatas (Arjuna), that such sacrifice is rgjasika (passionate). 12
Comment:-
Abhisandhaya to phalam:- Sacrifice, which is performed to acquire the desirable and to avert the undesirable, is 'rajasa sauce'. If anyone performs a sacrifice, in order to obtain riches, name and fame, honour, obedient servants, sons, family and heaven etc., this is desire, to acquire the desirable. Our enemies should be destroyed; we should never be dishonoured, disrespected and slighted; we should never face unfavourable circumstances - this is desire, to avert the undesirable.
Dambharthamapi caiva yat:- Sacrifice which is offered by a man, showing himself off, as a virtuous, good, charitable, righteous and great person for ostentation and for self glorification, is rajasika. It includes sacrifice, offered by people of demoniacal nature, as described in[1]and [2].
Ijyate bharatasrestha tam yajnam viddhi rajasam:- Sacrifice offered, in expectation of reward or for ostentation, is rajasika.
Such sacrifice is offered, strictly according to the ordinance of scriptures. The reason, is that if it is not performed according to the ordinance of scriptures, it will not bear full fruit. Similarly, if either the method or the action, happens to be contrary, to the sanctioned one, it will bear a contrary fruit i.e., it may be harmful for the performer. But the person who offers a sacrifice only for ostentation does not care much, about the ordinance of scriptures.
By using the term 'Viddhi', Lord Krsna, wants to emphasize the fact that mundane attachment (desire), is the root cause of the cycle of birth and death. So, Arjuna should beware of it.
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