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Verse 17·21

The syllable OM as the eternal truth

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यत्तु प्रत्त्युपकारार्थं फलमुद्दिश्य वा पुनः ।दीयते च परिक्लिष्टं तद्दानं राजसं स्मृतम् ॥

The rajasic kind of giving is that which is done with unwillingness or violence to oneself or with a personal and egoistic object or in the hope of a return of some kind.

Gītā 17·21

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