17.22 अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते।असत्कृतमवज्ञातं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्
adeśa
Word meanings
adeśha—at the wrong place;kāle—at the wrong time;yat—which;dānam—charity;apātrebhyaḥ—to unworthy persons;cha—and;dīyate—is given;asat-kṛitam—without respect;avajñātam—with contempt;tat—that;tāmasam—of the nature of nescience;udāhṛitam—is held to be
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The gift which is given at an inappropriate place, time, and to unworthy persons, and which is converted into a bad act and is disrespected—that is declared to be of the Tamas.
And that which is given at an unsuitable place or time or to one who is unworthy, or with disrespect or contempt - such a gift is the result of Ignorance.
That gift which is given at the wrong place and wrong time to unworthy recipients, without due respect and with contempt, is called the gift of Tamasa nature.
The gift which is made at an improper place and time, and to undeserving persons, without proper treatment and with disdain, is declared to be born of tamas.
The gift which is given at the wrong place and time to unworthy persons, without respect or with insult, is declared to be Tamasic.
17.24 तस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः।प्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम्
tasmād
Word meanings
tasmāt—therefore;om—sacred syllable om;iti—thus;udāhṛitya—by uttering;yajña—sacrifice;dāna—charity;tapaḥ—penance;kriyāḥ—performing;pravartante—begin;vidhāna-uktāḥ—according to the prescriptions of Vedic injunctions;satatam—always;brahma-vādinām—expounders of the Vedas
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Therefore, the scripture-prescribed acts of sacrifice, gift, and austerity of those who are habituated to having Brahman-discourses invariably commence with the utterance of OM.
Therefore all acts of sacrifice, gifts and austerities, prescribed by the scriptures, are always begun by those who understand the Spirit with the word Om.
Therefore, the Veda-enjoined sacrificial acts, gifts and austerity by these expounders of the Veda, or those belonging to the first three stations are always and at all times begun after pronouncing Om at the beginning.
Therefore, acts of sacrifice, charity and austerity as prescribed through injunctions, of those who study and expound the Vedas, always commence after uttering the syllable Om.
Therefore, with the utterance of “Om” are the acts of gift, sacrifice and austerity as enjoined in the scriptures always begun by the students of Brahman.
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श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग
Chapter 17: Tell Apart the Three Kinds of Faith
śraddhātrayavibhāgayoga
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17.23 तत्सदिति निर्देशो ब्रह्मणस्त्रिविधः स्मृतः।ब्राह्मणास्तेन वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च विहिताः पुरा
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Word meanings
iti—thus;nirdeśhaḥ—symbolic representatives;brahmaṇaḥ—the Supreme Absolute Truth;tri-vidhaḥ—of three kinds;smṛitaḥ—have been declared;brāhmaṇāḥ—the priests;tena—from them;vedāḥ—scriptures;cha—and;yajñāḥ—sacrifice;cha—and;vihitāḥ—came about;purā—from the beginning of creation
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OM TAT SAT: This is held to be the three-fold indication of Brahman. Through this, the Vedas and sacrifices were fashioned by Brahma in the past.
Om Tat Sat' is the triple designation of the Eternal Spirit, by which of old the Vedic Scriptures, the ceremonials and the sacrifices were ordained.
Om, Tat, Sat - thus Brahman is denoted by this threefold expression. Associated with these, Brahmanas, the Vedas and sacrifices were ordained in the past.
'Om-tat-sat' ['Om, That, Existence': 'Om iti brahma, Om is Brahman' (Tai. 1.8.1); 'Tattvamasi, Thou art That' (Ch. 6.8.7); and 'Sadeva somya idamagra asit, This was Existence alone in the beginning, O amiable one' (Ch. 6.2.1)-in these texts Brahman is indicated by the words Om, tat, sat.]-this is considered to be the threefold designation of Brahman. The Brahmanas and Vedas and the sacrifices were ordained by that in the days of yore.
“Om Tat Sat”: this has been declared to be the triple designation of Brahman. By that were created formerly the Brahmanas, the Vedas and the sacrifices.
