Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 17.17
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 17.17 · 17 · Verse 17
Sanskrit Original
।।17.17।। --,श्रद्धया आस्तिक्यबुद्ध्या परया प्रकृष्टया तप्तम् अनुष्ठितं तपः तत् प्रकृतं त्रिविधं त्रिप्रकारं त्र्यधिष्ठानं नरैः अनुष्ठातृभिः अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिः फलाकाङ्क्षारहितैः युक्तैः समाहितैः यत् ईदृशं तपः? तत् सात्त्विकं सत्त्वनिर्वृत्तं परिचक्षते कथयन्ति शिष्टाः।।
17.17 When tat, that; trividham, threefold-based on three factors; tapah, austerity, which is being discussed; is taptam, undertaken, practised; paraya, with supreme, with the highest; sraddhaya, faith, belief in God and the other world; naraih, by people, by its performers; aphala-akanksibhih, who do not hanker after results,who are devoid of desire for results; and yuktaih, who are self-controlled;-that austerity which is of this kind, the noble people paricaksate, speak of it; as sattvikam, born of sattva.