# Bhagavad Gita 16.17

**Canonical reference:** `gita.16.17`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आत्मसम्भाविताः स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विताः।
यजन्ते नामयज्ञैस्ते दम्भेनाविधिपूर्वकम् ॥

## IAST

ātmasambhāvitāḥ stabdhā dhanamānamadānvitāḥ
yajante nāmayajñaiste dambhenāvidhipūrvakam

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

and full of the pride and frenzy of wealth these calumniators (of the virtuous) perform sacrifices which are sacrifices only in name

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