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।


Rudra Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

Lord  Krishna  confirms  that  yagna  or  propitiation  and   worship   also
corresponds  to  the  three  gunas  or  modes  of  material  nature  and  is
threefold. That yagna which is performed and offered  to  the  Supreme  Lord
following the ordinances and injunctions of  the  Vedic  scriptures  in  the
prescribed manner which is compulsory by Vaisnavas  and  brahmanas  for  the
exclusive satisfaction for the Supreme Lord without any desire  for  rewards
is known to be in sattva guna the mode of goodness. How is this enacted  one
may ask? It is performed out of duty for its  own  sake  or  out  of  bhakti
which is exclusive loving devotion to Lord Krishna or any of His  authorised
avatars or incarnations and expansions as revealed in Vedic scriptures.


Brahma Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

There is no commentary to Chapter 17, verse 12 by Madhvacarya.


Shri Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

Lord Krishna explains the three fold nature of yagna or  performing  rituals
of propitiation and  worship.  He  begins  with  sattva  guna  the  mode  of
goodness. The  words  aphala-akariksibhih  means  performing  yagna  to  the
Supreme Lord without a desire for any reward. Vidhi-distah means  performing
it  in  accordance  with  the  ordinances  and  injunctions  of  the   Vedic
scriptures. Yastavyam eveti means performed  as  a  matter  of  duty  or  as
bhakti exclusive loving devotion unto the Supreme Lord  Krishna  or  any  of
His authorised avatars or incarnations and expansions as revealed  in  Vedic
scriptures. Such yagnas must be performed by duly  initiated  Vaisnavas  and
brahmanas chanting prescribed Vedic mantras for the  exclusive  satisfaction
of the Supreme Lord. When such a resolve manifests a yagna into  reality  in
this manner it is to be known as situated in sattva guna.


Kumara Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary
Lord Krishna explains the three fold nature of yagna or  performing  rituals
of propitiation and  worship.  He  begins  with  sattva  guna  the  mode  of
goodness. The  words  aphala-akariksibhih  means  performing  yagna  to  the
Supreme Lord without a desire for any reward. Vidhi-distah means  performing
it  in  accordance  with  the  ordinances  and  injunctions  of  the   Vedic
scriptures. Yastavyam eveti means performed  as  a  matter  of  duty  or  as
bhakti exclusive loving devotion unto the Supreme Lord  Krishna  or  any  of
His authorised avatars or incarnations and expansions as revealed  in  Vedic
scriptures. Such yagnas must be performed by duly  initiated  Vaisnavas  and
brahmanas chanting prescribed Vedic mantras for the  exclusive  satisfaction
of the Supreme Lord. When such a resolve manifests a yagna into  reality  in
this manner it is to be known as situated in sattva guna.