17.21
Chapter 17, Verse 21
यत्तु प्रत्युपकारार्थं फलमुद्दिश्य वा पुनः। दीयते च परिक्लिष्टं तद्दानं राजसं स्मृतम्৷৷
yattu pratyupakārārthaṅ phalamuddiśya vā punaḥ. dīyatē ca parikliṣṭaṅ taddānaṅ rājasaṅ smṛtam৷৷
Translation
That which is given for the sake of the results it will produce, or with the hope of recompense,or grudgingly - that may truly be said to be the outcome of Passion.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
यत् which, तु indeed, प्रत्युपकारार्थम् with a view to receive in return, फलम् fruit, उद्दिश्य looking for, वा or, पुनः again, दीयते is given, च and, परिक्लिष्टम् reluctantly, तत् that, दानम् gift, राजसम् Rajasic, स्मृतम् is held to be. Commentary: Charity or gift that is given in the hope that it will be returned in the future and praised in public or that the gift will bring some unseen reward or heavenly pleasure is passionate. If a man makes a gift to a Brahmana or a Sannyasin with the hope that all his sins will be washed away, this is also a Rajasic gift. If a man is grieved at heart after making the gift this is also a gift of passionate nature.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.