Bhagavad Gita 17.11
aphalākāńkṣibhir yajño vidhi-diṣṭo ya ijyate yaṣṭavyam eveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.11 Of sacrifices, the sacrifice performed according to the directions of...
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yāta-yāmaḿ gata-rasaḿ pūti paryuṣitaḿ ca yat ucchiṣṭam api cāmedhyaḿ bhojanaḿ tāmasa-priyam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.10 Food prepared more than three hours before being eaten, food that...
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kaṭv-amla-lavaṇāty-uṣṇa- tīkṣṇa-rūkṣa-vidāhinaḥ āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkha-śokāmaya-pradāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.9 Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, hot, pungent, dry and...
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āyuḥ-sattva-balārogya- sukha-prīti-vivardhanāḥ rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛdyā āhārāḥ sāttvika-priyāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.8 Foods dear to those in the mode of goodness increase the...
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āhāras tv api sarvasya tri-vidho bhavati priyaḥ yajñas tapas tathā dānaḿ teṣāḿ bhedam imaḿ śṛṇu Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.7 Even the food each person prefers is of three kinds, according...
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aśāstra-vihitaḿ ghoraḿ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ dambhāhańkāra-saḿyuktāḥ kāma-rāga-balānvitāḥ karṣayantaḥ śarīra-sthaḿ bhūta-grāmam acetasaḥ māḿ caivāntaḥ śarīra-sthaḿ tān viddhy...
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yajante sāttvikā devān yakṣa-rakṣāḿsi rājasāḥ pretān bhūta-gaṇāḿś cānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.4 Men in the mode of goodness worship the demigods; those in the mode...
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sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata śraddhā-mayo ’yaḿ puruṣo yo yac-chraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.3 O son of Bharata, according to one’s existence under the various...
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śrī-bhagavān uvāca tri-vidhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṁ sā svabhāva-jā sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṁ śṛṇu Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.2 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: According to...
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arjuna uvāca ye śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ teṣāḿ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa sattvam āho rajas tamaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.1 Arjuna inquired: O Krishna, what is the...
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