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BG 17.25 — 17.25 Uttering ï1Tatï1, without aiming at the fruits, are the acts of sacrifice and austerity and the various acts of gifts performed by the seekers of lib | Live Gita
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तदित्यनभिसन्धाय फलं यज्ञतपःक्रियाः |
दानक्रियाश्च विविधाः क्रियन्ते मोक्षकाङ्क्षिभिः ||१७-२५||

tadityanabhisandhāya phalaṃ yajñatapaḥkriyāḥ . dānakriyāśca vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣakāṅkṣibhiḥ ||17-25||


।।17.25।। 'तत्' शब्द का उच्चारण कर, फल की इच्छा नहीं रखते हुए, मुमुक्षुजन यज्ञ, तप, दान आदि विविध कर्म करते हैं।।

Word-by-word meanings

17.25 तत् That? इति thus? अनभिसन्धाय without aiming at? फलम् fruit? यज्ञतपःक्रियाः acts of sacrifice and austerity? दानक्रियाः acts of gits? च and? विविधाः various? क्रियन्ते are performed? मोक्षकाङ्क्षिभिः by the seekers of liberation.Commentary With Tat With the utterance of the word Tat (That).Phalam Fruit of sacrifice? austerity and charity.Danakriyah Acts of charity such as gifts of land? gold? rice? clothes? etc.The immortal Soul which transcends the whole world? the three Gunas? the three

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।17.25।।तत् ऐसे इस ब्रह्मके नामका उच्चारण करके और कर्मोंके फलको न चाहकर नाना प्रकारकी यज्ञ और तपरूप तथा दान अर्थात् भूमि? सोना आदिका दान करनारूप क्रियाएँ मोक्षको चाहनेवाले मुमुक्षु पुरुषोंद्वारा की जाती हैं।

Swami Gambirananda

17.25 After (uttering) the word tat, acts of sacrifice and austerity as also the various acts of charity are performed without regard for results by persons aspiring for Liberation.

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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