Sanskrit · Devanagari
यज्ञे तपसि दाने च स्थितिः सदिति चोच्यते। कर्म चैव तदर्थीयं सदित्येवाभिधीयते ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ saditi cocyate karma caiva tadarthīyaṃ sadityevābhidhīyate
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Constancy in (making) sacrifices. penances, and gifts, is called 'Sat;' and (all) action, too, of which that is the object, is also called 'Sat.' Whatever oblation is offered
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।17.27।। --,यज्ञे यज्ञकर्मणि या स्थितिः? तपसि च या स्थितिः? दाने च या स्थितिः? सा सत् इति च उच्यते विद्वद्भिः। कर्म च एव तदर्थीयं यज्ञदानतपोऽर्थीयम् अथवा? यस्य अभिधानत्रयं प्रकृतं तदर्थीयं यज्ञदानतपोऽर्थीयम् ईश्वरार्थीयम् इत्येतत् सत् इत्येव अभिधीयते। तत् एतत् यज्ञदानतपआदि कर्म असात्त्विकं विगुणमपि श्रद्धापूर्वकं ब्रह्मणः अभिधानत्रयप्रयोगेण सगुणं सात्त्विकं संपादितं भवति।।तत्र च सर्वत्र श्रद्धाप्रधानतया सर्वं संपाद्यते यस्मात्? तस्मात् --,
9832cb5f879e…Rāmānuja
17.27 Therefore, devotion of persons of the first three stations who follow the Vedas in respect of sacrifices, austerities and gifts is called Sat, since it is auspicious. So the Vedas, Vedic acts and the three stations, expressed by the term 'brahmana,' since they are characterised by their connection with the words 'Om Tat Sat,' are to be distinguished from what are not the Vedas and Vedic.
7f70bb2bf526…Swami Sivananda
17.27 यज्ञे in sacrifice? तपसि in austerity? दाने in gift? च and? स्थितिः steadiness? सत् Sat? इति thus? च and? उच्यते is called? कर्म action? च and? एव also? तदर्थीयम् in connection with these or for the sake of the Supreme? सत् Sat? इति thus? एव even? अभिधीयते is called.Commentary If you perform sacrifice? austerity? gift and all actions in a spirit of total surrender to the Lord or the Eternal Being with purity and sincerity of heart? you will attain the highest goal of life or immortality? freedom and eternal bliss. If you do them in the name and for the sake of Brahman you will attain perfection and supreme peace of the Absolute.If you pin your faith on the glory and power of this name Om or Om Tat Sat? you will be freed from the bondage of birth and death. If you perform any sacrifice? austerity or charity or any action in a selfless and motiveless spirit? surrendering all the actions and their rewards to the Lord and if you utter the word Sat with faith? feeling and devotion? you will attain perfection and success in the action.Even the imperfect and nonSattvic acts of sacrifice? austerity and gift will be turned into perfect and Sattvic ones.These Sacrifice? austerity and gift.
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