# Bhagavad Gita 17.23

**Canonical reference:** `gita.17.23`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ॐतत्सदिति निर्देशो ब्रह्मणस्त्रिविधः स्मृतः।
ब्राह्मणास्तेन वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च विहिताः पुरा ॥

## IAST

OMtatsaditi nirdeśo brahmaṇastrividhaḥ smṛtaḥ
brāhmaṇāstena vedāśca yajñāśca vihitāḥ purā

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

and with contempt. Om, Tad, and Sat, this is said (to be) the threefold designation of the Brahman . By that, the Brāhmaṇas and the Vedas and sacrifices were created in olden times.

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