# Bhagavad Gita 17.21

**Canonical reference:** `gita.17.21`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

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

## IAST

yattu pratyupakārārthaṃ phalamuddiśya vā punaḥ
dīyate ca parikliṣṭaṃ taddānaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

for a return of services or even with an expectation of fruit is said to be passionate. And that gift is described as dark

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