Bhagavad Gita 17.28
Chapter 17: Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga (The Three Kinds of Faith) · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग
अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत् ।असदित्युच्यते पार्थ न च तत्प्रेत्य नो इह ॥
aśraddhayā hutaṃ dattaṃ tapastaptaṃ kṛtaṃ ca yat |asadityucyate pārtha na ca tatpretya no iha ||
Meaning of Gita 17.28 in English
Any offering, gift, discipline or action done without faith is called Asat, unreal. Krishna tells Arjuna it brings no benefit, either in this life or after it.
गीता 17.28 का हिंदी अर्थ
जो हवन, दान, तप या कर्म बिना श्रद्धा के किया जाता है, उसे असत् कहा जाता है। हे पार्थ, उसका न इस लोक में कोई लाभ है और न परलोक में।
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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.