Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 17 · The Three Kinds of Faith

    Verse 12

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 17, Verse 12

    अभिसंधाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्।इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम्।।17.12।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    abhisandhāya tu phalaṁ dambhārtham api chaiva yat ijyate bharata-śhreṣhṭha taṁ yajñaṁ viddhi rājasam

    Translation

    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.
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