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Verse 17·25

Tat and action without desire for fruit

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तदित्यनभिसंधाय फलं यज्ञतपःक्रियाः ।दानक्रियाश्च विविधाः क्रियन्ते मोक्षकाङ्क्षिभिः ॥

tadityanabhisaṃdhāya phalaṃ yajñatapaḥkriyāḥdānakriyāśca vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣakāṅkṣibhiḥ

With the pronunciation of Tat and without desire of fruit are performed the various acts of sacrifice, askesis and giving by the seekers of liberation.

Gītā 17·25

The seekers of liberation indeed do these actions without desire of fruit and only with the idea, feeling, Ananda of the absolute Divine behind their nature. It is that which they seek by this purity and impersonality in their works, this high desirelessness, this vast emptiness of ego and plenitude of Spirit.

CWSA 19 · Essays on the Gita · p. 491

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