Verset 17.11

अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते ।

यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः ॥

17.11

Translittération

aphalākāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate |

yaṣṭavyameveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ ||

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Traduction

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.

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Mot à mot

by those not craving fruit
sacrifice
as ordained by scripture
which
is offered

ought to be offered
simply
thus
the mind
resolving firmly
that
is sattvic

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

Sacrifice (yajña) is sattvic when it is performed according to proper rule by those who do not seek reward, with the mind fixed on the thought that it is simply right to do. This echoes the Gita's central teaching on action without attachment to results. The phrase it ought to be done captures the attitude of duty for its own sake. Sattvic sacrifice is not a bargain with the gods but an act of offering that needs no further justification.