BG - 17.11

अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते।यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः।।17.11।।

aphalākāṅkṣhibhir yajño vidhi-driṣhṭo ya ijyate yaṣhṭavyam eveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ

• aphala-ākāṅkṣhibhiḥ - without expectation of any reward
• yajñaḥ - sacrifice
• vidhi-driṣhṭaḥ - that is in accordance with the scriptural injunctions
• yaḥ - which
• ijyate - is performed
• yaṣhṭavyam-eva-iti - ought to be offered
• manaḥ - mind
• samādhāya - with conviction
• saḥ - that
• sāttvikaḥ - of the nature of goodness

Translation

That sacrifice which is offered by men without desire for reward, as enjoined by the ordinance (scripture), with a firm faith that doing so is their duty, is Sattvic or pure.

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