17.17
Chapter 17, Verse 17
श्रद्धया परया तप्तं तपस्तत्ित्रविधं नरैः। अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तैः सात्त्विकं परिचक्षते৷৷
śraddhayā parayā taptaṅ tapastatitravidhaṅ naraiḥ. aphalākāṅkṣibhiryuktaiḥ sāttvikaṅ paricakṣatē৷৷
Translation
These threefold austerities performed with faith, and without thought of reward, may truly be accounted Pure.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
श्रद्धया with faith, परया highest, तप्तम् practised, तपः austerity, तत् that, त्रिविधम् threefold, नरैः by men, अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिः desiring no fruit, युक्तैः steadfast, सात्त्विकम् Sattvic, परिचक्षते (they) declare. Commentary: Trividham Threefold -- physical, vocal and mental.Yuktaih Steadfast Balanced in mind, unaffected in success and failure.Sraddhaya With faith With belief in the existence of God, in the words of the preceptor, in the teachings of the scriptures and in ones own Self.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.