Original Sanskrit

अभिसन्धाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत् । इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम् ॥ १७-१२॥

Transliteration

abhisandhāya tu phalaṃ dambhārthamapi caiva yat ijyate bharataśreṣṭha taṃ yajñaṃ viddhi rājasam 17-12

English Translation

The sacrifice which is offered, O best of the Bharatas, seeking for fruit and for ostentation, you may know that to be a RAJASIC YAJNA.

Word-by-Word Meaning

abhisandhāya = desiring; tu = but; phalaṃ = the result; dambha = pride; arthaṃ = for the sake of; api = also; ca = and; eva = certainly; yat = that which; ijyate = is performed; bharataśreṣṭha = O chief of the Bharatas; taṃ = that; yajñaṃ = sacrifice; viddhi = know; rājasaṃ = in the mode of passion.;

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The Yoga of the Division of the Three Kinds of Faith

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