Chapter 17

Verse 17

Bhagavad Gita

श्रद्धया परया तप्तं तपस्तत्त्रिविधं नरैः |
अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तैः सात्त्विकं परिचक्षते ||१७-१७||
Transliteration

śraddhayā parayā taptaṃ tapastattrividhaṃ naraiḥ .
aphalākāṅkṣibhiryuktaiḥ sāttvikaṃ paricakṣate ||17-17||
English Meaning

17.17 These threefold austerities performed with faith, and without thought of reward, may truly be accounted Pure.