Chapter 17 · Verse 12·Spoken by Krishna
अभिसंधाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्।इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम्
abhisandhāya tu phalaṁ dambhārtham api chaiva yat ijyate bharata-śhreṣhṭha taṁ yajñaṁ viddhi rājasam
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Sanskrit recitation by Swami Brahmānanda
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But that sacrifice which is performed with an aim for a result, as well as for show—know that sacrifice to be done through rajas, O greatest among the descendants of Bharata.
Swami Gambiranandaafter Śaṅkara's bhāṣya· paired with Śaṅkara
But that sacrifice which is offered with the intention of gaining a reward and for the sake of show, know it, O Arjuna, to be Rajasic.
Swami Adidevanandaafter Rāmānuja's bhāṣya· paired with Rāmānuja
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 transitory and impermanent.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayanafter Madhva's bhāṣya· paired with Madhva
The sacrifice that is offered, O Arjuna, seeking a reward and for show, know that to be a Rajasic Yajna.
Swami SivanandaThe Bhagavad Gita
Sacrifice which is performed for the sake of its results, or for self-glorification - that, O best of Aryans, is the product of passion.
Shri Purohit SwamiThe Geeta
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
But the sacrifice that is offered with an eye to its fruit, or merely for the sake of display, know that, best of the Bharatas, to be a sacrifice of rajas.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
But the sacrifice that, by men joined with an aim to fruit, is offered with pretence within it and with fame for its fruit, know that sacrifice to be rajasic.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.