Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17 Verse 12
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 17 श्लोक 12

अभिसंधाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्।
इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम्।।17.12।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
17.12 But that sacrifice which is performed having in veiw a result, as also for ostentation,-know that sacrifice to be done through rajas, O greatest among the descendants of Bharata.


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
17.12 The sacrifice which is offered, O Arjuna, seeking a reward and for ostentation, know thou that to be a Rajasic Yajna.


English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
17.12. What is offered aiming at fruit and also only for the sake of display-know that sacrifice to be of the Rajas (Strand) and to be transitary and  impermanent.


English Commentary  - Swami Sivananda
17.12 अभिसंधाय seeking for? तु indeed? फलम् fruit? दम्भार्थम् for ostentation? अपि also? च and? एव even? यत् which? इज्यते is offered? भरतश्रेष्ठ O best of the Bharatas? तम् that? यज्ञम् sacrifice? विद्धि know? राजसम् Rajasic.Commentary If anyone performs a sacrifice in order to obtain? heaven? son? wealth? or name and fame? then it is a sacrifice of a Rajasic nature. The performer of this kind of sacrifice has the motive of increasing his own importance? for popularising his own name in the world? for gaining some reward? for showing himself off as a great? pious and learned man? for making an exhibition of his riches for his own glorificaion. He has no aspiration for attaining the knowledge of the Self.


English Translation of Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya's
17.12 Tu, but; yat, that which; is ijyate, performed; abhisandhaya, having in view; a phalam, result; api ca, as also; dambhartham, for ostentation; viddhi, know; tam, that; yajnam, sacrifice; to be rajasam, done through rajas; bharatasrestha, O greatest among the descendants of Bharata.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
17.12 See Comment under 17.13


English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary
17.12 That sacrifice, performed to gain fruits, full of ostentation and with fame as its aim, know that sacrifice to be characterised by Rajas.


Commentary  - Chakravarthi Ji
No commentary by Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur.


Rudra Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

The yagna or acts  of  propitiation  and  worship  which  may  be  performed
according  to  Vedic  scriptures   but   is   enacted   ostentatiously   for
aggrandizement and  pompously  for  prestige  with  the  covert,  underlying
desire for rewards is revealed by Lord Krishna as merely  situated  in  raja
guna the mode of passion.


Brahma Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary
There is no commentary for this verse.


Shri Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

That yagna or acts of propitiation and worship which may  follow  the  Vedic
scriptures but is ostentatiously enacted out of desire for prestige  with  a
secret, greedy longing for enjoying the effects of rewards is  known  to  be
situated in raja guna the mode of passion.


Kumara Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary
That yagna or acts of propitiation and worship which may  follow  the  Vedic
scriptures but is ostentatiously enacted out of desire for prestige  with  a
secret, greedy longing for enjoying the effects of rewards is  known  to  be
situated in raja guna the mode of passion.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 17.12Abhisandhaaya tu phalam dambhaarthamapi chaiva yat;
Ijyate bharatashreshtha tam yajnam viddhi raajasam.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 17.12abhisandhāya—motivated by; tu—but; phalam—the result; dambha—pride; artham—for the sake of; api—also; cha—and; eva—certainly; yat—that which; ijyate—is performed; bharata-śhreṣhṭha—Arjun, the best of the Bharatas; tam—that; yajñam—sacrifice; viddhi—know; rājasam—in the mode of passion