Srimad Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17 Lyrics In English
atha saptadasho.adhyaayah ।
arjuna uvaacha ।
ye shaastravidhimutsrrijya yajante shraddhayaanvitaah ।
teshhaam nishhthaa tu kaa krrishhna sattvamaaho rajastamah ॥ 1 ॥
shreebhagavaanuvaacha ।
trividhaa bhavati shraddhaa dehinaam saa svabhaavajaa ।
saattvikee raajasee chaiva taamasee cheti taam shrrinu ॥ 2 ॥
sattvaanuroopaa sarvasya shraddhaa bhavati bhaarata ।
shraddhaamayo.ayam purushho yo yachchraddhah sa eva sah ॥ 3 ॥
yajante saattvikaa devaanyakshharakshhaamsi raajasaah ।
pretaanbhootaganaamshchaanye yajante taamasaa janaah ॥ 4 ॥
ashaastravihitam ghoram tapyante ye tapo janaah ।
dambhaahamkaarasamyuktaah kaamaraagabalaanvitaah ॥ 5 ॥
karshhayantah shareerastham bhootagraamamachetasah ।
maam chaivaantahshareerastham taanviddhyaasuranishchayaan ॥ 6 ॥
aahaarastvapi sarvasya trividho bhavati priyah ।
yajjhnastapastathaa daanam teshhaam bhedamimam shrrinu ॥ 7 ॥
aayuhsattvabalaarogyasukhapreetivivardhanaah ।
rasyaah snigdhaah sthiraa hrridyaa aahaaraah saattvikapriyaah ॥ 8 ॥
katvamlalavanaatyushhnateekshhnarookshhavidaahinah ।
aahaaraa raajasasyeshhtaa duhkhashokaamayapradaah ॥ 9 ॥
yaatayaamam gatarasam pooti paryushhitam cha yat ।
uchchishhtamapi chaamedhyam bhojanam taamasapriyam ॥ 10 ॥
aphalaakaankshhibhiryajjhno vidhidrrishhto ya ijyate ।
yashhtavyameveti manah samaadhaaya sa saattvikah ॥ 11 ॥
abhisamdhaaya tu phalam dambhaarthamapi chaiva yat ।
ijyate bharatashreshhtha tam yajjhnam viddhi raajasam ॥ 12 ॥
vidhiheenamasrrishhtaannam mantraheenamadakshhinam ।
shraddhaavirahitam yajjhnam taamasam parichakshhate ॥ 13 ॥
devadvijagurupraajjhnapoojanam shauchamaarjavam ।
brahmacharyamahimsaa cha shaareeram tapa uchyate ॥ 14 ॥
anudvegakaram vaakyam satyam priyahitam cha yat ।
svaadhyaayaabhyasanam chaiva vaanmayam tapa uchyate ॥ 15 ॥
manah prasaadah saumyatvam maunamaatmavinigrahah ।
bhaavasamshuddhirityetattapo maanasamuchyate ॥ 16 ॥
shraddhayaa parayaa taptam tapastattrividham naraih ।
aphalaakaankshhibhiryuktaih saattvikam parichakshhate ॥ 17 ॥
satkaaramaanapoojaartham tapo dambhena chaiva yat ।
kriyate tadiha proktam raajasam chalamadhruvam ॥ 18 ॥
mooDhagraahenaatmano yatpeeDayaa kriyate tapah ।
parasyotsaadanaartham vaa tattaamasamudaahrritam ॥ 19 ॥
daatavyamiti yaddaanam deeyate.anupakaarine ।
deshe kaale cha paatre cha taddaanam saattvikam smrritam ॥ 20 ॥
yattu prattyupakaaraartham phalamuddishya vaa punah ।
deeyate cha pariklishhtam taddaanam raajasam smrritam ॥ 21 ॥
adeshakaale yaddaanamapaatrebhyashcha deeyate ।
asatkrritamavajjhnaatam tattaamasamudaahrritam ॥ 22 ॥
om tatsaditi nirdesho brahmanastrividhah smrritah ।
braahmanaastena vedaashcha yajjhnaashcha vihitaah puraa ॥ 23 ॥
tasmaadomityudaahrritya yajjhnadaanatapahkriyaah ।
pravartante vidhaanoktaah satatam brahmavaadinaam ॥ 24 ॥
tadityanabhisamdhaaya phalam yajjhnatapahkriyaah ।
daanakriyaashcha vividhaah kriyante mokshhakaankshhibhih ॥ 25 ॥
sadbhaave saadhubhaave cha sadityetatprayujyate ।
prashaste karmani tathaa sachchabdah paartha yujyate ॥ 26 ॥
yajjhne tapasi daane cha sthitih saditi chochyate ।
karma chaiva tadartheeyam sadityevaabhidheeyate ॥ 27 ॥
ashraddhayaa hutam dattam tapastaptam krritam cha yat ।
asadityuchyate paartha na cha tatprepya no iha ॥ 28 ॥
om tatsaditi shreemadbhagavadgeetaasoopanishhatsu brahmavidyaayaam yogashaastre shreekrrishhnaarjunasamvaade
shraddhaatrayavibhaagayogo naama saptadasho.adhyaayah ॥17 ॥
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