Bhagavad Gita 17.11
Chapter 17: Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga (The Three Kinds of Faith) · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग
अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते ।यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः ॥
aphalākāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate |yaṣṭavyameveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ ||
Meaning of Gita 17.11 in English
Worship done as instructed, simply because it is right to do, by people not seeking any reward and with a focused mind, is sattvic.
गीता 17.11 का हिंदी अर्थ
जो यज्ञ शास्त्र की विधि से, फल की इच्छा के बिना, केवल यह सोचकर कि यह करना कर्तव्य है, एकाग्र मन से किया जाता है, वह सात्त्विक है।
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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.