17.19 मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः।परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्
mūḍha
Word meanings
mūḍha—those with confused notions;grāheṇa—with endeavor;ātmanaḥ—one’s own self;yat—which;pīḍayā—torturing;kriyate—is performed;tapaḥ—austerity;parasya—of others;utsādana-artham—for harming;vā—or;tat—that;tāmasam—in the mode of ignorance;udāhṛitam—is described to be
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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What austerity is practised with foolish obstinacy and self-torture only in order to destroy others—that is declared to be of the Tamas.
Austerity done under delusion, and accompanied with sorcery or torture to oneself or another, may be assumed to spring from Ignorance.
That austerity which is practised from deluded notions by means of self-torture or in order to injure another is said to be Tamasika.
That austerity which is undertaken with a foolish intent, by causing pain to oneself, or for the destruction of others-that is said to be born of tamas.
The austerity which is practised out of a foolish notion, with self-torture, or for the purpose of destroying another, is declared to be Tamasic.
17.21 यत्तु प्रत्युपकारार्थं फलमुद्दिश्य वा पुनः।दीयते च परिक्लिष्टं तद्दानं राजसं स्मृतम्
yat
Word meanings
yat—which;tu—but;prati-upakāra-artham—with the hope of a return;phalam—reward;uddiśhya—expectation;vā—or;punaḥ—again;dīyate—is given;cha—and;parikliṣhṭam—reluctantly;tat—that;dānam—charity;rājasam—in the mode of passion;smṛitam—is said to be
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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But what is given in return for a favor, or with the expectation of a reward, and which is done with much agitation—that gift is said to be of the Rajas.
That which is given for the sake of the results it will produce, or with the hope of recompense,or grudgingly - that may truly be said to be the outcome of Passion.
But that which is given as a consideration for something received or in expectation of future reward, or grudgingly, is called Rajasika gift.
But the gift which is given expecting reciprocation, or again, with a desire for its result, and which is given grudgingly,- that is considered to be born of rajas.
And, that gift which is made with a view to receive something in return, or looking for a reward, or given reluctantly, is said to be Rajasic.
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श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग
Chapter 17: Tell Apart the Three Kinds of Faith
śraddhātrayavibhāgayoga
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17.20 दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे।देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम्
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Word meanings
dātavyam—worthy of charity;iti—thus;yat—which;dānam—charity;dīyate—is given;anupakāriṇe—to one who cannot give in return;deśhe—in the proper place;kāle—at the proper time;cha—and;pātre—to a worthy person;cha—and;tat—that;dānam—charity;sāttvikam—in the mode of goodness;smṛitam—is stated to be
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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A gift that is given with the thought that 'one must give' and is given in an appropriate place and at the right time to a worthy person who is unable to repay—that gift is considered to be of the Sattva.
The gift which is given without thought of recompense, in the belief that it ought to be made, in a fit place, at an opportune time and to a deserving person - such a gift is Pure.
Gifts given with the feeling, that it is one's own duty to give to one who makes no return, at the proper place and time to the deserving person - that is said to be Sattvika.
That gift is referred to as born of sattva which gift is given with the idea that it ought to be given, to one who will not serve in return, and at the (proper) place, (proper) time and to a (proper) person.
That gift which is given to one who does nothing in return, knowing it to be a duty to give in a fit place and time to a worthy person, that gift is held to be Sattwic.
