अफलाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते |
यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः ||१७-११||
aphalāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate . yaṣṭavyameveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ ||17-11||
।।17.11।। जो यज्ञ शास्त्रविधि से नियन्त्रित किया हुआ तथा जिसे "यह मेरा कर्तव्य है" ऐसा मन का समाधान (निश्चय) कर फल की आकांक्षा नहीं रखने वाले लोगों के द्वारा किया जाता है, वह यज्ञ सात्त्विक है।।
17.11 अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिः by men desiring no fruit? यज्ञः sacrifice? विधिदृष्टः as enjoined by the ordinance? यः which? इज्यते is offered? यष्टव्यम् ought to be offered? एव only? इति thus? मनः the mind? समाधाय having fixed? सः that? सात्त्विकः Sattvic or pure.Commentary When a sacrifice is done with all due Sattvic rites? faith and devotion? without the least taint of desire for reward? with the mind fixed on the sacrifice only? for its own sake (for the,sake of discharging the duty only)? then it i
Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.
।।17.11।।अब तीन प्रकारके यज्ञ बतलाये जाते हैं --, फलकी इच्छा न करनेवाले पुरुषोंद्वारा? शास्त्रविधिसे नियत किये हुए जिस यज्ञका अनुष्ठान किया जाता है?,तथा यज्ञ करना ही यानी यज्ञके स्वरूपका सम्पादन करना ही कर्तव्य है इस प्रकार मनका समाधान करके अर्थात् इससे मुझे कोई पुरुषार्थ सिद्ध नहीं करना है ऐसा निश्चय करके जो यज्ञ किया जाता है? वह सात्त्विक कहलाता है।
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17.11 That sacrifice which is in accordance with the injunctions, (and is) performed by persons who do not hanker after results, and with the mental conviction that it is surely obligatory, is done through sattva.
This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.
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