अभिसन्धाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत् | इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम् ||१७-१२||
abhisandhāya tu phalaṃ dambhārthamapi caiva yat . ijyate bharataśreṣṭha taṃ yajñaṃ viddhi rājasam ||17-12||
- abhisandhāya
- desiring
- tu
- but
- phalam
- the result
- dambha
- pride
- artham
- for the sake of
- api
- also
- ca
- and
- eva
- certainly
- yat
- that which
- ijyate
- is performed
- bharata-śreṣṭha
- O chief of the Bhāratas
- tam
- that
- yajñam
- sacrifice
- viddhi
- know
- rājasam
- in the mode of passion
But the sacrifice performed for some material benefit, or for the sake of pride, O chief of the Bhāratas, you should know to be in the mode of passion.