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श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोगSHRADDHATRAYA VIBHAGA YOGA

अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते ।यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः ॥ १७.११

aphalakankshibhir yajno vidhi-drishto ya ijyate yashtavyam eveti manah samadhaya sa sattvikah


Hindi

जो यज्ञ शास्त्रविधि के अनुसार, फल की इच्छा न रखने वालों के द्वारा, केवल यह मानकर किया जाता है कि यज्ञ करना ही कर्तव्य है, वह सात्त्विक यज्ञ है।

English

That sacrifice which is performed according to scriptural injunction by those free from desire for results, with the mind resolved that it is simply one's duty, is of the nature of goodness.

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Verse 11 / 28 in Chapter 17