Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 17, Verse 12
अभिसन्धाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत् । इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम्
abhisandhāya tu phalaṃ dambhārthamapi caiva yat | ijyate bharataśreṣṭha taṃ yajñaṃ viddhi rājasam
Translation
That which is offered, O best of the Bhāratas, with a view to reward and for ostentation, know it to be a Rājasic worship.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- abhisaṃdhāya
- having aimed at
- tu
- indeed
- phalam
- fruit
- dambhārtham
- of hypocrisy, for the sake
- api
- even
- ca
- and
- eva
- even
- yat
- which
- ijyate
- is offered
- bharataśreṣṭha
- O best of the Bhāratas
- tam
- that
- yajñam
- sacrifice
- viddhi
- know
- rājasam
- rājasic
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Worship undertaken with eye to result or as a display of one's piety is Rājasic.