Chapter 17 · Verse 11The Three Divisions of Faith
Bhagavad Gita 17.11
BG 17.11 — Chapter 17 (The Three Divisions of Faith), Verse 11, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
अफलाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते | यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः ||१७-११||
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aphalāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate . yaṣṭavyameveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ ||17-11||
Roman: aphalankshibhiryajno vidhidrshto ya ijyate . yashtavyameveti manah samadhaya sa sattvikah
That sacrifice which is offered by men without desire for reward as enjoined by the ordinance (scripture), with a firm faith that to do so is a duty, is Sattvic or pure.