Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 17, Verse 21

यत्तु प्रत्युपकारार्थं फलमुद्दिश्य वा पुनः । दीयते च परिक्लिष्टं तद्दानं राजसं स्मृतम्

yattu pratyupakārārthaṃ phalamuddiśya vā punaḥ | dīyate ca parikliṣṭaṃ taddānaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam

Translation

And that gift which is given with a view to a return of the good, or looking for the fruit, or reluctantly, that gift is held to be Rājasic.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

yat

which

tu

indeed

pratyupakārārtham

of return-benefit, for the sake

phalam

fruit

uddiśya

having looked for

vā

or

punaḥ

again

dīyate

is given

ca

and

parikliṣṭam

painful (grudgingly)

tat

that

dānam

gift

rājasam

rājasic

smṛtam

is remembered

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

"With a view to a return": hoping that the donee will in time return the service, or that the gift will secure for himself some now-unseen reward.