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Verse 17·12

The sattvic sacrifice of selfless offering

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अभिसंधाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत् ।इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम् ॥

The sacrifice offered with a view to the personal fruit, and also for ostentation, O best of the Bharatas, know thou that to be of a rajasic nature.

Gītā 17·12

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in