Chapter 17

Om śrī paramātmane namaḥ

Atha saptadaśodhyāyaḥ

Arjuna uvāca

Ye śāstravidhim utsṛjya yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ
Teṣāṃ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa sattvam āho rajas tamaḥ 17.1

Śrībhagavān uvāca

Trividhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṃ sā svabhāvajā
Sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṃ śṛṇu 17.2

Sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata
Śraddhāmayoyaṃ puruṣo yo yacchraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ 17.3

Yajante sāttvikā devān yakṣarakṣāṃsi rājasāḥ
Pretān bhūtagaṇāñś cānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ 17.4

Aśāstravihitaṃ ghoraṃ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ
Dambhāhaṃkārasaṃyuktāḥ kāmarāgabalānvitāḥ 17.5

Karṣayantaḥ śarīrasthaṃ bhūtagrāmam acetasaḥ
Māṃ caivāntaḥśarīrasthaṃ tān viddhy āsuraniścayān 17.6

Āhāras tv api sarvasya trividho bhavati priyaḥ
Yajñas tapas tathā dānaṃ teṣāṃ bhedam imaṃ śṛṇu 17.7

Āyuḥsattvabalārogyasukhaprītivivardhanāḥ
Rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛdyā āhārāḥ sāttvikapriyāḥ 17.8

Kaṭvamlalavaṇātyuṣṇatīkṣṇarūkṣavidāhinaḥ
Āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkhaśokāmayapradāḥ 17.9

Yātayāmaṃ gatarasaṃ pūti paryuṣitaṃ ca yat
Ucchiṣṭam api cāmedhyaṃ bhojanaṃ tāmasapriyam 17.10

Aphalāṅkṣibhir yajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate
Yaṣṭavyam eveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ 17.11

Abhisaṃdhāya tu phalaṃ dambhārtham api caiva yat
Ijyate bharataśreṣṭha taṃ yajñaṃ viddhi rājasam 17.12

Vidhihīnam asṛṣṭānnaṃ mantrahīnam adakṣiṇam
Śraddhāvirahitaṃ yajñaṃ tāmasaṃ paricakṣate 17.13

Devadvijaguruprājñapūjanaṃ śaucam ārjavam
Brahmacaryam ahiṃsā ca śārīraṃ tapa ucyate 17.14

Anudvegakaraṃ vākyaṃ satyaṃ priyahitaṃ ca yat
Svādhyāyābhyasanaṃ caiva vāṅmayaṃ tapa ucyate 17.15

Manaḥprasādaḥ saumyatvaṃ maunam ātmavinigrahaḥ
Bhāvasaṃśuddhir ity etat tapo mānasam ucyate 17.16

Śraddhayā parayā taptaṃ tapas tat trividhaṃ naraiḥ
Aphalākāṅkṣibhir yuktaiḥ sāttvikaṃ paricakṣate 17.17

Satkāramānapūjārthaṃ tapo dambhena caiva yat
Kriyate tad iha proktaṃ rājasaṃ calam adhruvam 17.18

Mūḍhagrāheṇātmano yat pīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ
Parasyotsādanārthaṃ vā tat tāmasam udāhṛtam 17.19

Dātavyam iti yad dānaṃ dīyatenupakāriṇe
Deśe kāle ca pātre ca tad dānaṃ sāttvikaṃ smṛtam 17.20

Yat tu prattyupakārārthaṃ phalam uddiśya vā punaḥ
Dīyate ca parikliṣṭaṃ tad dānaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam 17.21

Adeśakāle yad dānam apātrebhyaś ca dīyate
Asatkṛtam avajñātaṃ tat tāmasam udāhṛtam 17.22

Oṃ tat sad iti nirdeśo brahmaṇas trividhaḥ smṛtaḥ
Brāhmaṇās tena vedāś ca yajñāś ca vihitāḥ purā 17.23

Tasmād om ity udāhṛtya yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ
Pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataṃ brahmavādinām 17.24

Tad ity anabhisaṃdhāya phalaṃ yajñatapaḥkriyāḥ
Dānakriyāś ca vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣakāṅkṣibhiḥ 17.25

Sadbhāve sādhubhāve ca sad ity etat prayujyate
Praśaste karmaṇi tathā sacchabdaḥ pārtha yujyate 17.26

Yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ sad iti cocyate
Karma caiva tadarthīyaṃ sad ity evābhidhīyate 17.27

Aśraddhayā hutaṃ dattaṃ tapas taptaṃ kṛtaṃ ca yat
Asad ity ucyate pārtha na ca tat prekṣya no iha 17.28

Oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu
Brahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde
Śraddhātrayavibhāgayogo nāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ 17

Athāṣṭādaśodhyāyaḥ

Arjuna uvāca

Saṃnyāsasya mahābāho tattvam icchāmi veditum
Tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthak keśiniṣūdana 18.1