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arjuna uvāca ye śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ teṣāḿ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa sattvam āho rajas tamaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.1 Arjuna inquired: O Krishna, what is the situation of those who do not...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca tri-vidhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṁ sā svabhāva-jā sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṁ śṛṇu Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.2 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: According to the modes of nature acquired...

sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata śraddhā-mayo ’yaḿ puruṣo yo yac-chraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.3 O son of Bharata, according to one’s existence under the various modes of nature, one...

yajante sāttvikā devān yakṣa-rakṣāḿsi rājasāḥ pretān bhūta-gaṇāḿś cānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.4 Men in the mode of goodness worship the demigods; those in the mode of passion worship the...

aśāstra-vihitaḿ ghoraḿ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ dambhāhańkāra-saḿyuktāḥ kāma-rāga-balānvitāḥ karṣayantaḥ śarīra-sthaḿ bhūta-grāmam acetasaḥ māḿ caivāntaḥ śarīra-sthaḿ tān viddhy āsura-niścayān Translation of Bhagavad...

āhāras tv api sarvasya tri-vidho bhavati priyaḥ yajñas tapas tathā dānaḿ teṣāḿ bhedam imaḿ śṛṇu Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.7 Even the food each person prefers is of three kinds, according to the three modes of...

āyuḥ-sattva-balārogya- sukha-prīti-vivardhanāḥ rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛdyā āhārāḥ sāttvika-priyāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.8 Foods dear to those in the mode of goodness increase the duration of life, purify one’s...

kaṭv-amla-lavaṇāty-uṣṇa- tīkṣṇa-rūkṣa-vidāhinaḥ āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkha-śokāmaya-pradāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.9 Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, hot, pungent, dry and burning are dear to those...

yāta-yāmaḿ gata-rasaḿ pūti paryuṣitaḿ ca yat ucchiṣṭam api cāmedhyaḿ bhojanaḿ tāmasa-priyam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.10 Food prepared more than three hours before being eaten, food that is tasteless, decomposed...

aphalākāńkṣibhir yajño vidhi-diṣṭo ya ijyate yaṣṭavyam eveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.11 Of sacrifices, the sacrifice performed according to the directions of scripture, as a matter of...