24. ' asmaa aum sty udahrtya
yajnadanatapahkriyah
avartante vidhanoktah
satatam brahmavadinam
(24) Therefore with the utterance of "aum" the acts of sacrifice, gift and penance enjoined in the scriptures are always undertaken by the expounders of Brahman
25. tad ity anabhisamdhaya
phalam yajnatapahkriyah
danakriyas` ca vividhah
kriyante moksakanksibhih
(25) And with the utterance of the word "tat" the acts of sacrifice and penance and the various acts of giving are per-formed by the seekers of salvation, without aiming at the reward
26. sadbhave sadhubhave ca
sad ity etat prayujyate
prasaste karmani tatha
sacchabdah partha yujyate
(26) The word "sat" is employed in the sense of reality and goodness ; and so also, 0 Partha (Arjuna), the word "sat" is used for praiseworthy action
27. yajne tapasi dane ca
sthitih sad iti co 'cyate
karma cai 'va tadarthiyam
sad ity eva 'bhidhiyate
(27) Steadfastness in sacrifice, penance, gift is also called "sat" and so also any action for such purposes is called "sat."
28. asraddhaya hutam dattam
tapas taptam krtam ca
yat asad ity ucyate partha
na ca tat pretya no iha
(28) Whatever offering or gift is made, whatever penance is performed, whatever rite is observed, without faith, it is called "asat," 0 Partha (Arjuna) ; it is of no account here-after or here iti raddhatrayavibhagayogo nama saptadago 'dhyayaia
This is the seventeenth chapter entitled The Yoga of the Threefold Division of Faith
