17.23 तत्सदिति निर्देशो ब्रह्मणस्त्रिविधः स्मृतः।ब्राह्मणास्तेन वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च विहिताः पुरा
tat
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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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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.
17.25 तदित्यनभिसन्धाय फलं यज्ञतपःक्रियाः।दानक्रियाश्च विविधाः क्रियन्ते मोक्षकाङ्क्षि
tad
Word meanings
tat—the syllable Tat;iti—thus;anabhisandhāya—without desiring;phalam—fruitive rewards;yajña—sacrifice;tapaḥ—austerity;kriyāḥ—acts;dāna—charity;kriyāḥ—acts;cha—and;vividhāḥ—various;kriyante—are done
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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With the utterance of TAT, and without aiming for the fruit, those who seek emancipation perform acts of sacrifice, austerity, and various acts of giving.
Those who desire deliverance begin their acts of sacrifice, austerity or gift with the word Tat' (meaning That'), without thought of reward.
Acts of sacrifice, of austerity and of various gifts are performed without aiming at reward by those who seek release, after pronouncing Tat.
After (uttering) the word tat, acts of sacrifice and austerity as also the various acts of charity are performed without regard for results by persons aspiring for Liberation.
Uttering Tat, without aiming at the fruits, are the acts of sacrifice and austerity and the various acts of gift performed by the seekers of liberation.
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श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग
Chapter 17: Tell Apart the Three Kinds of Faith
śraddhātrayavibhāgayoga
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17.24 तस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः।प्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम्
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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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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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.
