श्रद्धया परया तप्तं तपस्तत्त्रिविधं नरैः |
अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तैः सात्त्विकं परिचक्षते ||१७-१७||
śraddhayā parayā taptaṃ tapastattrividhaṃ naraiḥ . aphalākāṅkṣibhiryuktaiḥ sāttvikaṃ paricakṣate ||17-17||
।।17.17।। फल की आकांक्षा न रखने वाले युक्त पुरुषों के द्वारा परम श्रद्धा से किये गये उस पूर्वोक्त त्रिविध तप को सात्त्विक कहते हैं।।
17.17 श्रद्धया with faith? परया highest? तप्तम् practised? तपः austerity? तत् that? त्रिविधम् threefold? नरैः by men? अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिः desiring no fruit? युक्तैः steadfast? सात्त्विकम् Sattvic? परिचक्षते (they) declare.Commentary Trividham Threefold -- physical? vocal and mental.Yuktaih Steadfast Balanced in mind? unaffected in success and failure.Sraddhaya With faith With belief in the existence of God? in the words of the preceptor? in the teachings of the scriptures and in ones own Self.
Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.
।।17.17।।उपर्युक्त कायिक? वाचिक और मानसिक तप मनुष्योंद्वारा किये जानेपर? सात्त्विक आदि भेदोंसे,तीन प्रकारके कैसे होते हैं सो बतलाते हैं --, जिसका प्रकरण चल रहा है वह? तीन प्रकारका कायिक? वाचिक और मानसिक तप? जो फलाकाङ्क्षारहित और समाहितचित्त पुरुषोंद्वारा उत्तम श्रद्धापूर्वक -- आस्तिकबुद्धिपूर्वक किया जाता है? ऐसे उस तपको श्रेष्ठ पुरुष सात्त्विक -- सत्त्वगुणजनित कहते हैं।
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17.17 When that threefold austerity is undertaken with supreme faith by people who do not hanker after results and are self-controlled, they speak of it as born of 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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