17.11

Sanskrit · Devanagari

अफलाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते। यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

aphalāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate yaṣṭavyameveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ

stinking stale impure and even leavings are liked by the dark. That sacrifice is good which being prescribed in (scripture) ordinances is performed by persons not wishing for the fruit (of it) and after determining (in their) mind that the sacrifice must needs be performed. But when a sacrifice is performed O highest of the descendants of Bharata! with an expectation of fruit (from it)

This verse-level alignment is machine-assisted and awaits two independent human checks. Confidence signal: 7%.