यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः ॥
यज्ञ करना कर्तव्य है इस तरह मनको समाधान करके फलेच्छारहित मनुष्योंद्वारा जो शास्त्रविधिसे नियत यज्ञ किया जाता है, वह सात्त्विक है ॥
एक मूल शिक्षा · स्थिर करने वाला भाव · सहज प्रवेश
“Right action becomes pure when reward stops being the reason.”
यज्ञ करना कर्तव्य है इस तरह मनको समाधान करके फलेच्छारहित मनुष्योंद्वारा जो शास्त्रविधिसे नियत यज्ञ किया जाता है, वह सात्त्विक है ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर टैप करके उसे देखें।
शब्दशःby those without desire for reward · sacrifice · seen by rule · which · is performed · must be offered · indeed · thus · mind · having settled · that · sattvic
A sacrifice is pure when it is done because it should be done, not for reward.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "श्रद्धात्रय विभाग योग" में।
श्लोक 11 भगवद् गीता के 17वें अध्याय में है — श्रद्धात्रय विभाग योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 28 श्लोक हैं।
A daughter cooks for her father's death anniversary every year, by the family's rites and with no wish for praise. Krishna would call that sattvic sacrifice, done because it ought to be done.
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Sattvic sacrifice follows the rule, wants no reward, and rests on one thought: this ought to be done.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
A sacrifice is pure when it is done because it should be done, not for reward.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
Krishna teaches Arjuna on the battlefield, where hesitation has frozen action. After describing lesser kinds of food and conduct, he now defines the pure offering: an act done by rule, with no craving for reward, because duty itself is enough.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
A daughter cooks for her father's death anniversary every year, by the family's rites and with no wish for praise. Krishna would call that sattvic sacrifice, done because it ought to be done.
“Do the offering because it should be done, and stop looking for the reward.”
संबंधित विषय: yajna (32 श्लोक), sattva (26 श्लोक), nishkama (14 श्लोक)