Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17 Verse 7
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 17 श्लोक 7

आहारस्त्वपि सर्वस्य त्रिविधो भवति प्रियः।
यज्ञस्तपस्तथा दानं तेषां भेदमिमं श्रृणु।।17.7।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
17.7. Further, the food also, which is dear to all, is of three kinds.  So are [their] sacrifice, austerity and charity.  Listen to this distinction of them.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
17.7 See Comment under 17.10


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 17.7Aahaarastwapi sarvasya trividho bhavati priyah;
Yajnastapastathaa daanam teshaam bhedamimam shrinu.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 17.7āhāraḥ—food; tu—indeed; api—even; sarvasya—of all; tri-vidhaḥ—of three kinds; bhavati—is; priyaḥ—dear; yajñaḥ—sacrifice; tapaḥ—austerity; tathā—and; dānam—charity; teṣhām—of them; bhedam—distinctions; imam—this; śhṛiṇu—hear