Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17 Verse 12

Gita 17.12

अभिसन्धाय, तु, फलम्, दम्भार्थम्, अपि, च, एव, यत्,
इज्यते, भरतश्रेष्ठ, तम्, यज्ञम्, विद्धि, राजसम्।।12।।

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Gita 17.12

Abhisandhaay, tu, falam’, dambhaarthm’, api, ch, ev, yat’,
Ijyate, bharatshreshth, tam’, yagyam’, viddhi, raajsam’ ||12||

Translation: (Tu) But (bharatshreshth) Oh Arjun! (dambhaarthm’, ev) only for the sake of pretention (ch) and (falam’) reward (api) also (abhisandhaay) keeping in view (yat’) a yagya, which (ijyate) is performed (tam’) which takes one into dark hell (yagyam’) yagya i.e. religious rite (rajsam’) Rajas (viddhi) know. (12)

Translation: But oh Arjun! A yagya which is performed only for the sake of pretention and also keeping in view the reward, know that yagya i.e. religious rite, which takes one to dark hell, as Rajas.

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