Chapter 17

Verse 12

Bhagavad Gita

अभिसन्धाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत् |
इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम् ||१७-१२||
Transliteration

abhisandhāya tu phalaṃ dambhārthamapi caiva yat .
ijyate bharataśreṣṭha taṃ yajñaṃ viddhi rājasam ||17-12||
English Meaning

17.12 Sacrifice which is performed for the sake of its results, or for self-glorification - that, O best of Aryans, is the product of Passion.