Sanskrit · Devanagari
यत्तु प्रत्युपकारार्थं फलमुद्दिश्य वा पुनः। दीयते च परिक्लिष्टं तद्दानं राजसं स्मृतम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
yattu pratyupakārārthaṃ phalamuddiśya vā punaḥ dīyate ca parikliṣṭaṃ taddānaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882for 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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Śaṅkarācārya
।।17.21।। --,यत्तु दानं प्रत्युपकारार्थं काले तु अयं मां प्रत्युपकरिष्यति इत्येवमर्थम्? फलं वा अस्य दानस्य मे भविष्यति अदृष्टम् इति? तत् उद्दिश्य पुनः दीयते च परिक्लिष्टं खेदसंयुक्तम्? तत् दानं राजसं स्मृतम्।।
7252b7bc8513…Rāmānuja
17.21 That gift which is given grudgingly, viz., gift of useless things with a sly expectation of something in return that is said to be gift of Rajasa nature.
fcd4604e13ec…Swami Sivananda
17.21 यत् which? तु indeed? प्रत्युपकारार्थम् with a view to receive in return? फलम् fruit? उद्दिश्य looking for? वा or? पुनः again? दीयते is given? च and? परिक्लिष्टम् reluctantly? तत् that? दानम् gift? राजसम् Rajasic? स्मृतम् is held to be.Commentary Charity or gift that is given in the hope that it will be returned in the future and praised in public or that the gift will bring some unseen reward or heavenly pleasure is passionate. If a man makes a gift to a Brahmana or a Sannyasin with the hope that all his sins will be washed away? this is also a Rajasic gift. If a man is grieved at heart after making the gift this is also a gift of passionate nature.
9a8b1b7eacbe…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.