Srimad Bhagawad Gita Chapter 17

śrīmadbhagavadgītā mūlam - saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ

Śloka 1

oṃ śrī paramātmane namaḥ

atha saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ |

śraddhātrayavibhāgayogaḥ

arjuna uvāca

ye śāstravidhimutsṛjya yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ |

teṣāṃ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa sattvamāho rajastamaḥ || 1 ||

śrībhagavānuvāca

trividhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṃ sā svabhāvajā |

sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṃ śṛṇu || 2 ||

sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata |

śraddhāmayo'yaṃ puruṣo yo yacchraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ || 3 ||

yajante sāttvikā devānyakṣarakṣāṃsi rājasāḥ |

pretānbhūtagaṇāṃścānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ || 4 ||

aśāstravihitaṃ ghoraṃ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ |

dambhāhaṅkārasaṃyuktāḥ kāmarāgabalānvitāḥ || 5 ||

karṣayantaḥ śarīrasthaṃ bhūtagrāmamacetasaḥ |

māṃ caivāntaḥśarīrasthaṃ tānviddhyāsuraniścayān || 6 ||

āhārastvapi sarvasya trividho bhavati priyaḥ |

yajñastapastathā dānaṃ teṣāṃ bhedamimaṃ śṛṇu || 7 ||

āyuḥsattvabalārogyasukhaprītivivardhanāḥ |

rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛdyā āhārāḥ sāttvikapriyāḥ || 8 ||

kaṭvamlalavaṇātyuṣṇatīkṣṇarūkṣavidāhinaḥ |

āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkhaśokāmayapradāḥ || 9 ||

yātayāmaṃ gatarasaṃ pūti paryuṣitaṃ ca yat |

ucchiṣṭamapi cāmedhyaṃ bhojanaṃ tāmasapriyam || 10 ||

aphalākāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate |

yaṣṭavyameveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ || 11 ||

abhisandhāya tu phalaṃ dambhārthamapi caiva yat |

ijyate bharataśreṣṭha taṃ yajñaṃ viddhi rājasam || 12 ||

vidhihīnamasṛṣṭānnaṃ mantrahīnamadakṣiṇam |

śraddhāvirahitaṃ yajñaṃ tāmasaṃ paricakṣate || 13 ||

devadvijaguruprājñapūjanaṃ śaucamārjavam |

brahmacaryamahiṃsā ca śārīraṃ tapa ucyate || 14 ||

anudvegakaraṃ vākyaṃ satyaṃ priyahitaṃ ca yat |

svādhyāyābhyasanaṃ caiva vāṅmayaṃ tapa ucyate || 15 ||

manaḥ prasādaḥ saumyatvaṃ maunamātmavinigrahaḥ |

bhāvasaṃśuddhirityetattapo mānasamucyate || 16 ||

śraddhayā parayā taptaṃ tapastattrividhaṃ naraiḥ |

aphalākāṅkṣibhiryuktaiḥ sāttvikaṃ paricakṣate || 17 ||

satkāramānapūjārthaṃ tapo dambhena caiva yat |

kriyate tadiha proktaṃ rājasaṃ calamadhruvam || 18 ||

mūḍhagrāheṇātmano yatpīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ |

parasyotsādanārthaṃ vā tattāmasamudāhṛtam || 19 ||

dātavyamiti yaddānaṃ dīyate'nupakāriṇe |

deśe kāle ca pātre ca taddānaṃ sāttvikaṃ smṛtam || 20 ||

yattu prattyupakārārthaṃ phalamuddiśya vā punaḥ |

dīyate ca parikliṣṭaṃ taddānaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam || 21 ||

adeśakāle yaddānamapātrebhyaśca dīyate |

asatkṛtamavajñātaṃ tattāmasamudāhṛtam || 22 ||

oṃ tatsaditi nirdeśo brahmaṇastrividhaḥ smṛtaḥ |

brāhmaṇāstena vedāśca yajñāśca vihitāḥ purā || 23 ||

tasmādomityudāhṛtya yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ |

pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataṃ brahmavādinām || 24 ||

tadityanabhisandhāya phalaṃ yajñatapaḥkriyāḥ |

dānakriyāśca vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣakāṅkṣibhiḥ || 25 ||

sadbhāve sādhubhāve ca sadityetatprayujyate |

praśaste karmaṇi tathā sacchabdaḥ pārtha yujyate || 26 ||

yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ saditi cocyate |

karma caiva tadarthīyaṃ sadityevābhidhīyate || 27 ||

aśraddhayā hutaṃ dattaṃ tapastaptaṃ kṛtaṃ ca yat |

asadityucyate pārtha na ca tatprepya no iha || 28 ||

oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre

śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde śraddhātrayavibhāgayogo nāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ ||17 ||