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adeśa-kāle yad dānam apātrebhyaś ca dīyate asat-kṛtam avajñātaḿ tat tāmasam udāhṛtam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.22 And charity performed at an impure place, at an improper time, to unworthy persons, or without proper...

oḿ tat sad iti nirdeśo brahmaṇas tri-vidhaḥ smṛtaḥ brāhmaṇās tena vedāś ca yajñāś ca vihitāḥ purā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.23 From the beginning of creation, the three words om tat sat were used to indicate the...

tasmād oḿ ity udāhṛtya yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataḿ brahma-vādinām Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.24 Therefore, transcendentalists undertaking performances of sacrifice, charity and penance in...

tad ity anabhisandhāya phalaḿ yajña-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ dāna-kriyāś ca vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣa-kāńkṣibhiḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.25 Without desiring fruitive results, one should perform various kinds of sacrifice,...

sad-bhāve sādhu-bhāve ca sad ity etat prayujyate praśaste karmaṇi tathā sac-chabdaḥ pārtha yujyate yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ sad iti cocyate karma caiva tad-arthīyaḿ sad ity evābhidhīyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita...

aśraddhayā hutaḿ dattaḿ tapas taptaḿ kṛtaḿ ca yat asad ity ucyate pārtha na ca tat pretya no iha Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.28 Anything done as sacrifice, charity or penance without faith in the Supreme, O son of...

arjuna uvāca sannyāsasya mahā-bāho tattvam icchāmi veditum tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthak keśi-niṣūdana Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.1 Arjuna said: O mighty-armed one, I wish to understand the purpose of renunciation [tyaga]...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca kāmyānāḿ karmaṇāḿ nyāsaḿ sannyāsaḿ kavayo viduḥ sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaḿ prāhus tyāgaḿ vicakṣaṇāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.2 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The giving up of...

tyājyaḿ doṣa-vad ity eke karma prāhur manīṣiṇaḥ yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyam iti cāpare Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.3 Some learned men declare that all kinds of fruitive activities should be given up as faulty,...

niścayaḿ śṛṇu me tatra tyāge bharata-sattama tyāgo hi puruṣa-vyāghra tri-vidhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.4 O best of the Bharatas, now hear My judgment about renunciation. O tiger among men,...