# Bhagavad Gita 17.12

**Canonical reference:** `gita.17.12`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अभिसन्धाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्।
इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम् ॥

## IAST

abhisandhāya tu phalaṃ dambhārthamapi caiva yat
ijyate bharataśreṣṭha taṃ yajñaṃ viddhi rājasam

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

and for the purpose of ostentation know that sacrifice (to be) passionate.

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