अफलाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते | यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः ||१७-११||
aphalāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate . yaṣṭavyameveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ ||17-11||
- aphala-ākāṅkṣibhiḥ
- by those devoid of desire for result
- yajñaḥ
- sacrifice
- vidhi-diṣṭaḥ
- according to the direction of scripture
- yaḥ
- which
- ijyate
- is performed
- yaṣṭavyam
- must be performed
- eva
- certainly
- iti
- thus
- manaḥ
- mind
- samādhāya
- fixing
- saḥ
- it
- sāttvikaḥ
- in the mode of goodness
Of sacrifices, the sacrifice performed according to the directions of scripture, as a matter of duty, by those who desire no reward, is of the nature of goodness.