Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 17, Verse 25
तदित्यनभिसन्धाय फलं यज्ञतपःक्रियाः । दानक्रियाश्च विविधाः क्रियन्ते मोक्षकाङ्क्षिभिः
tadityanabhisandhāya phalaṃ yajñatapaḥkriyāḥ | dānakriyāśca vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣakāṅkṣibhiḥ
Translation
With 'Tat,' without aiming at the fruits, are the acts of sacrifice and austerity and the various acts of gift performed by the seekers of mokṣa.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- tat
- that
- iti
- thus
- anabhisaṃdhāya
- without having aimed at
- phalam
- fruit
- yajñatapaḥkriyāḥ
- acts of sacrifice and austerity
- dānakriyāḥ
- acts of gift
- ca
- and
- vividhāḥ
- various
- kriyante
- are done
- mokṣakāṅkṣibhiḥ
- of liberation, by the desirers
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
"With 'Tat'": with the utterance of 'Tat,' which is a designation of Brahman. "The fruits": of sacrifice, etc. "Acts of gift": gifts of land, gold, etc.