Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 17.11
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 17.11 · 17 · Verse 11
Sanskrit Original
।।17.11।। --,अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिः अफलार्थिभिः यज्ञः विधिदृष्टः शास्त्रचोदनादृष्टो यः यज्ञः इज्यते निर्वर्त्यते? यष्टव्यमेवेति यज्ञस्वरूपनिर्वर्तनमेव कार्यम् इति मनः समाधाय? न अनेन पुरुषार्थो मम कर्तव्यः इत्येवं निश्चित्य? सः सात्त्विकः यज्ञः उच्यते।।
17.11 Sah, that; yajnah, sacrifice; vidhi-drstah, which is in accordance with the injunctions, which is known through scriptural unjunctions; (and) yah, which; is ijyate, performed; a-phala-akanksibhih, by persons who do not hanker after results; manah samadhaya, with the mental conviction; iti, that; yastavyam, eva, it is surely obligatory, their duty is to accomplish the sacrifice just as it should be-with the firm idea, 'I have no human goal to achieve through this'-; is said to be a sacrifice which is sattvikah, done through sattva.