Bhagavad Gita — BG17.21
Chapter 17: Śhraddhā Traya Vibhāg Yog · Verse 21 of 28
संस्कृत श्लोक · Sanskrit Shloka
यत्तु प्रत्युपकारार्थं फलमुद्दिश्य वा पुनः |
दीयते च परिक्लिष्टं तद्दानं राजसं स्मृतम् ||१७-२१||
Transliteration
yattu pratyupakārārthaṃ phalamuddiśya vā punaḥ . dīyate ca parikliṣṭaṃ taddānaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam ||17-21||
हिन्दी अनुवाद · Hindi Translation
और जो दान क्लेशपूर्वक तथा प्रत्युपकार के उद्देश्य से अथवा फल की कामना रखकर दिया जाता हैं, वह दान राजस माना गया है।।
English Translation
But the gift which is given expecting reciprocation, or again, with a desire for its result, and which is given grudgingly,- that is considered to be born of rajas.
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Śhraddhā Traya Vibhāg Yog — Yoga through Discerning the Three Divisions of Faith
About Chapter 17: Sraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga
The seventeenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is Sraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga. In this chapter, Krishna describes the three types of faith corresponding to the three modes of the material nature. Lord Krishna further reveals that it is the nature of faith that determines the quality of life and the char…
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Bhagavad Gita BG17.21 is verse 21 of Chapter 17 — Sraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga (Śhraddhā Traya Vibhāg Yog). This chapter is called Yoga through Discerning the Three Divisions of Faith. The English translation is: “But the gift which is given expecting reciprocation, or again, with a desire for its result, and which is given grudgingly,- that is considered to be born of rajas.”.