Steadfastness in the act of sacrifice, steadfastness in austerity, and steadfastness in giving, all this the wise call 'sat'. And any act done for the sake of these, that is, for the sake of sacrifice, giving, and austerity, or, since the threefold designation under discussion is a name of the Lord, any act done for the sake of the Lord, is itself called 'sat'. So an act of sacrifice, giving, austerity, and the like, even when it is not of sattva and is defective in quality, is, if done with faith and with the use of this threefold designation of Brahman, made endowed with quality and turned into an act of sattva. And since in all this it is faith that is the decisive thing by which everything is brought to completion, therefore the next verse follows.

Therefore the standing in sacrifice, in austerity, and in giving of the Vedic men of the three classes, by being auspicious, is called 'sat'. And the action done for the sake of that, the sacrifice, giving, and the rest done for the sake of the men of the three classes, is also called 'sat'. Therefore the Vedas, the Vedic acts, and the men of the three classes indicated by the word 'brahmin', are to be known, by the mark that is their connection with the words 'Om tat sat', as marked off from the non-Veda and the non-Vedic.

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.