17.10 यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्।उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्
yātayāmaṃ gata
Word meanings
yāta-yāmam—stale foods;gata-rasam—tasteless;pūti—putrid;paryuṣhitam—polluted;cha—and;yat—which;uchchhiṣhṭam—left over;api—also;cha—and;amedhyam—impure;bhojanam—foods;tāmasa—to persons in the mode of ignorance;priyam—dear
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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What is old, tasteless, foul-smelling, and stale; what is also left over after eating, and is impure - such food is dear to the men of Tamas (Strand).
The Ignorant love food which is stale, not nourishing, putrid and corrupt, the leavings of others and unclean.
That food which is stale, tasteless, putrid, decayed, refuse, unclean, is dear to Tamasika men.
Food which is not properly cooked, lacking in essence, putrid and stale, and even ort and that which is unfit for sacrifice, is dear to one possessed of tamas.
That which is stale, tasteless, putrid, rotten and impure refuse, is the food liked by the Tamasic.
17.12 अभिसंधाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्।इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम्
abhisaṃdhāya tu phalaṃ dambhārtham
Word meanings
abhisandhāya—motivated by;tu—but;phalam—the result;dambha—pride;artham—for the sake of;api—also;cha—and;eva—certainly;yat—that which;ijyate—is performed;bharata-śhreṣhṭha—Arjun, the best of the Bharatas;tam—that;yajñam—sacrifice;viddhi—know;rājasam—in the mode of passion
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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What is offered aiming at fruit and also only for the sake of display—know that sacrifice to be of the Rajas strand and to be transitory and impermanent.
Sacrifice which is performed for the sake of its results, or for self-glorification - that, O best of Aryans, is the product of Passion.
But that sacrifice which is offered with the fruit in view and for the sake of ostentation, know it, O Arjuna, to be Rajasika.
But that sacrifice which is performed having in view a result, as also for ostentation,-know that sacrifice to be done through rajas, O greatest among the descendants of Bharata.
The sacrifice which is offered, O Arjuna, seeking a reward and for ostentation, know thou that to be a Rajasic Yajna!
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श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग
Chapter 17: Tell Apart the Three Kinds of Faith
śraddhātrayavibhāgayoga
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17.11 अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते।यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः
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Word meanings
aphala-ākāṅkṣhibhiḥ—without expectation of any reward;yajñaḥ—sacrifice;vidhi-driṣhṭaḥ—that is in accordance with the scriptural injunctions;yaḥ—which;ijyate—is performed;yaṣhṭavyam-eva-iti—ought to be offered;manaḥ—mind;samādhāya—with conviction;saḥ—that;sāttvikaḥ—of the nature of goodness
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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That sacrifice of the Sattva (Strand) is offered, as prescribed, by those who desire no reward, steadying their minds with the thought that it is simply something to be offered.
Sacrifice is Pure when it is offered by one who does not covet the fruit thereof, when it is done according to the commands of scripture, and with implicit faith that the sacrifice is a duty.
The sacrifice (worship) marked by Sattva is what is offered by those desiring no fruit, and having the conviction that it should be performed as enjoined in the Sastras.
That sacrifice which is in accordance with the injunctions, (and is) performed by persons who do not hanker after results, and with the mental conviction that it is surely obligatory, is done through sattva.
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).
