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BG 17.26 — 17.26 The word ï1Satï1 is used in the sense of reality and of goodness; and so also, O Arjuna, the word ï1Satï1 is used in the sense of an auspicious act. | Live Gita
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सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यते |
प्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्दः पार्थ युज्यते ||१७-२६||

sadbhāve sādhubhāve ca sadityetatprayujyate . praśaste karmaṇi tathā sacchabdaḥ pārtha yujyate ||17-26||


।।17.26।। हे पार्थ ! सत्य भाव व साधुभाव में 'सत्' शब्द का प्रयोग किया जाता है, और प्रशस्त (श्रेष्ठ, शुभ) कर्म में 'सत्' शब्द प्रयुक्त होता है।।

Word-by-word meanings

17.26 सद्भावे in the sense of reality? साधुभावे in the sense of goodness? च and? सत् Sat? इति thus? एतत् this? प्रयुज्यते is used? प्रशस्ते auspicious? कर्मणि (in the sense of) an act? तथा so also? सत् Sat? शब्दः word? पार्थ O Partha? युज्यते is used.Commentary Satbhava That which is unchanging amidst the changing? that which is permanent amidst the impermanent? that which exists in the past? present and future is Sat the reality behind the everchanging names and forms is Sat the substratum in w

Commentaries

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

Sri Shankaracharya

।।17.26।।ओम् और तत्शब्दका प्रयोग तो कहा गया अब सत्शब्दका प्रयोग कहा जाता है --, अविद्यमान वस्तुके सद्भावमें यानी जैसे अविद्यमान पुत्रादिके उत्पन्न होनेमें? तथा साधुभावमें अर्थात् बुरे आचरणोंवाले असाधु पुरुषका जो सदाचारयुक्त हो जाना है? उसमें? सत् ऐसे इस ब्रह्मके नामका प्रयोग किया जाता है अर्थात् वहाँ सत् शब्द कहा जाता है तथा हे पार्थ विवाह आदि माङ्गलिक कर्मोंमें भी सत् शब्द प्रयुक्त होता अर्थात् ( उनमें भी ) सत् शब्दका प्रयोग किया जाता है।

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Swami Gambirananda

17.26 This word sat is used with regard to (something) coming into being and with regard to (someone) becoming good. So also, O son of Prtha, the word sat is used with regard to an auspicious rite.

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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