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Adhyāyas / Śraddhātraya-Vibhāga Yogaḥ / verse 1

Mūla — the verse

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अर्जुन उवाच ये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः। तेषां निष्ठा तु का कृष्ण सत्त्वमाहो रजस्तमः
arjuna uvācha ye śhāstra-vidhim utsṛijya yajante śhraddhayānvitāḥ teṣhāṁ niṣhṭhā tu kā kṛiṣhṇa sattvam āho rajas tamaḥ
Anuṣṭubh

Translation

Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣya

Arjuna said, But, O Krsna, what is the state of those who, endued with faith, perform sacrifices, distribute wealth, etc. in honour of gods and others, while ignoring the injunctions of the scriptures? Is it sattva, rajas, or tamas?

हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda

अर्जुन ने कहा -- हे कृष्ण ! जो लोग शास्त्रविधि को त्यागकर (केवल) श्रद्धा युक्त यज्ञ (पूजा) करते हैं, उनकी स्थिति (निष्ठा) कौन सी है ?क्या वह सात्त्विक है अथवा राजसिक या तामसिक ?

Pronunciation — Vaamshii

from Vaamshii
अ उ
ये शास् त्र विधिमुत् सृज्य
यजन् ते श्रद् धयान् विताः
तेषान् निष् ठातु का कृष्ण
सत् वमाहो रजस् तमः
॥ १ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →

Word by word

padārtha
arjunaḥ uvāchaArjun said
yewho
śhāstra-vidhimscriptural injunctions
utsṛijyadisregard
yajanteworship
śhraddhayā-anvitāḥwith faith
teṣhāmtheir
niṣhṭhāfaith
tuindeed
kāwhat
kṛiṣhṇaKrishna
sattvammode of goodness
āhoor
rajaḥmode of passion
tamaḥmode of ignorance

Themes

from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad Gītā
Arjuna's QuestionsDharmaGuṇa

Meaning — Questions & Solutions

from Q&A with KnA
17.1What of one who transgresses the rules yet worships with faith?

Arjuna’s question is sharp and follows directly from 16.23–24: “Those who, setting aside the scriptural ordinance, yet worship endowed with faith (śraddhayānvitāḥ) — what is their standing? Sattva, rajas or tamas?” It is a real and generous question: is the sincere but irregular worshipper simply damned along with the deliberate transgressor? K’s answer is more discerning than a flat rule — it depends on the quality of the faith, which is what the whole chapter now analyses.