Gita 17.1
अर्जुन उवाच। ये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः। तेषां निष्ठा तु का कृष्ण सत्त्वमाहो रजस्तमः॥
arjuna uvāca ye śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ teṣāṁ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa sattvam āho rajas tamaḥ
"Arjuna said: Those who set aside scriptural injunctions but worship with faith, what is their status, O Krishna? Is it sattva, rajas, or tamas?"
All 28 verses of Chapter 17
- 17.1Arjuna said: Those who set aside scriptural injunctions but worship with faith, what is their status, O...
- 17.2The Blessed Lord said: Threefold is the faith of embodied beings, born of their nature, sattvic, rajasic...
- 17.3The faith of each person accords with their nature, O Bharata. A person is made of faith; whatever faith...
- 17.4Sattvic people worship the gods; rajasic people worship demigods and demons; tamasic people worship ghosts...
- 17.5Those who perform severe austerities not ordained by scripture, filled with hypocrisy and ego, impelled by...
- 17.6Torturing the elements in their body unreasonably, and also Me dwelling within the body, know them to be...
- 17.7Food also, which is dear to all, is of three kinds; so too sacrifice, austerity, and charity. Hear their...
- 17.8Foods that increase life, purity, strength, health, happiness, and satisfaction, which are juicy, fatty...
- 17.9Foods that are bitter, sour, salty, very hot, pungent, dry, and burning, these are liked by the rajasic...
- 17.10Food that is stale, tasteless, putrid, leftover, and impure, this is dear to the tamasic.
- 17.11Sacrifice offered according to scriptural injunctions, by those not desiring the fruit, with the mind...
- 17.12But that sacrifice offered with a view to the fruit, or for the sake of display, O best of Bharatas, know...
- 17.13Sacrifice without proper rites, without food distribution, without mantras, without gifts, and devoid of...
- 17.14Worship of the gods, the twice-born, teachers, and the wise; purity, straightforwardness, celibacy, and...
- 17.15Speech that causes no distress, that is truthful, pleasant, and beneficial, as well as regular study of...
- 17.16Serenity of mind, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, purity of emotion, this is called austerity of the...
- 17.17This threefold austerity practiced with supreme faith by steadfast people not seeking results, that is...
- 17.18Austerity performed to gain respect, honor, and reverence, and hypocritically, that is declared rajasic...
- 17.19Austerity performed with foolish obstinacy, with self-torture, or to destroy another, that is declared...
- 17.20Charity given as a duty, to one from whom no return is expected, at the proper place, time, and to a...
- 17.21But charity given with expectation of reciprocation, or looking for fruit, or given grudgingly, that is...
- 17.22Charity given at wrong place and time, to unworthy recipients, disrespectfully, and contemptuously, that...
- 17.23'Om Tat Sat', this is the threefold designation of Brahman. By this were ordained the Brahmins, the Vedas...
- 17.24Therefore, acts of sacrifice, charity, and austerity as enjoined by scriptures are always begun by...
- 17.25With 'Tat,' without aiming at results, acts of sacrifice, austerity, and various acts of charity are...
- 17.26'Sat' is used in the sense of reality and goodness; and also, O Partha, the word 'Sat' is used for an...
- 17.27Steadfastness in sacrifice, austerity, and charity is also called 'Sat'; and action for the sake of That...
- 17.28Whatever is offered, given, or done, and whatever austerity is practiced without faith, it is called...