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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17 Verse 11

भगवद् गीता अध्याय 17 श्लोक 11

अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते।
यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः।।17.11।।

हिंदी अनुवाद - स्वामी रामसुख दास जी ( भगवद् गीता 17.11)

।।17.11।।यज्ञ करना कर्तव्य है -- इस तरह मनको समाधान करके फलेच्छारहित मनुष्योंद्वारा जो शास्त्रविधिसे नियत यज्ञ किया जाता है? वह सात्त्विक है।

English Translation of Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya's

17.11 Sah, that; yajnah, sacrifice; vidhi-drstah, which is in accordance with the injunctions, which is known through scriptural unjunctions; (and) yah, which; is ijyate, performed; a-phala-akanksibhih, by persons who do not hanker after results; manah samadhaya, with the mental conviction; iti, that; yastavyam, eva, it is surely obligatory, their duty is to accomplish the sacrifice just as it should be-with the firm idea, I have no human goal to achieve through this-; is said to be a sacrifice which is sattvikah, done through sattva.

English Translation of Commentary - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

17.11 See Comment under 17.13

English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary

17.11 That sacrifice is marked by Sattva which is offered by those desiring no fruits, with the conviction, i.e., with the idea that it ought to be performed or that it should be offered for its own sake as worship of the Lord as enjoined in the injunctions of the Sastras, i.e., with hymns, right materials and proper rituals.

Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 17.11

Aphalaakaangkshibhiryajno vidhidrishto ya ijyate; Yashtavyameveti manah samaadhaaya sa saattwikah.

Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 17.11

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