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श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग

Sraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga

Faith takes different forms according to the three gunas. Krishna traces these differences through worship, food, discipline, speech, and giving, showing how intention shapes practice.

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Chapter 17 · Sraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga

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1 BG 17.1 अर्जुन उवाच | ये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः | तेषां निष्ठा तु का कृष्ण सत्त्वमाहो रजस्तमः ||१७-१|| Arjuna asked: Krishna, what is the standing of people who worship with trust but set aside scriptural guidance? Is it clarity, passion, or darkness? 2 BG 17.2 श्रीभगवानुवाच | त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा | सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां शृणु ||१७-२|| The Lord said: The trust of embodied beings is of three kinds, born of their own nature: clear, passionate, and dark. Hear about it. 3 BG 17.3 सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत | श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः ||१७-३|| Each person's trust follows their inner disposition, Bharata. A person is shaped by trust: whatever one's trust is, that is what one becomes. 4 BG 17.4 यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः | प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः ||१७-४|| Those governed by clarity worship gods; those governed by passion worship yakshas and rakshasas; others, governed by darkness, worship departed spirits and hosts of ghosts. 5 BG 17.5 अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः | दम्भाहंकारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः ||१७-५|| Those who practice harsh austerities not prescribed by scripture, filled with pretension and the sense of 'I,' and driven by desire and attachment— 6 BG 17.6 कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः | मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान् ||१७-६|| Thoughtlessly torment the elements within their bodies, and me dwelling within the body as well. Know their resolve to be demonic. 7 BG 17.7 आहारस्त्वपि सर्वस्य त्रिविधो भवति प्रियः | यज्ञस्तपस्तथा दानं तेषां भेदमिमं शृणु ||१७-७|| The food people prefer is also of three kinds, as are sacrifice, austerity, and giving. Hear their distinctions. 8 BG 17.8 आयुःसत्त्वबलारोग्यसुखप्रीतिविवर्धनाः | रस्याः स्निग्धाः स्थिरा हृद्या आहाराः सात्त्विकप्रियाः ||१७-८|| Foods that increase life, clarity, strength, health, happiness, and satisfaction, and are juicy, rich, sustaining, and pleasing, are preferred by those governed by clarity. 9 BG 17.9 कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः | आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः ||१७-९|| Foods that are bitter, sour, salty, excessively hot, sharp, dry, and burning are preferred by those governed by passion; they bring pain, distress, and illness. 10 BG 17.10 यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत् | उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम् ||१७-१०|| Food that has stood too long, lost its flavor, become rotten or stale, or is another's leftovers or ritually impure, is preferred by those governed by darkness. 11 BG 17.11 अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते | यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः ||१७-११|| A sacrifice performed according to guidance by those who seek no reward, with minds settled on 'This should be offered,' is characterized by clarity. 12 BG 17.12 अभिसन्धाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत् | इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम् ||१७-१२|| But a sacrifice performed with an intended reward or for display, best of the Bharatas, is characterized by passion. 13 BG 17.13 विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम् | श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते ||१७-१३|| A sacrifice lacking proper procedure, distribution of food, sacred formulas, payment to the officiant, and trust is described as dark. 14 BG 17.14 देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम् | ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते ||१७-१४|| Honoring gods, the twice-born, teachers, and the wise, together with cleanliness, straightforwardness, celibate discipline, and nonviolence, is called bodily austerity. 15 BG 17.15 अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् | स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते ||१७-१५|| Speech that does not cause agitation, that is truthful, pleasing, and beneficial, together with regular sacred recitation, is called austerity of speech. 16 BG 17.16 मनः प्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः | भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते ||१७-१६|| Serenity of mind, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and purity of intention are called mental austerity. 17 BG 17.17 श्रद्धया परया तप्तं तपस्तत्त्रिविधं नरैः | अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तैः सात्त्विकं परिचक्षते ||१७-१७|| This threefold austerity practiced with supreme trust by disciplined people who seek no reward is described as clear. 18 BG 17.18 सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत् | क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम् ||१७-१८|| Austerity performed for welcome, honor, and reverence, and for display, is called passionate here; it is unstable and impermanent. 19 BG 17.19 मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः | परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ||१७-१९|| Austerity performed with a confused resolve, by tormenting oneself or intending the destruction of another, is called dark. 20 BG 17.20 दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे | देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम् ||१७-२०|| A gift given because giving is right, to someone who gives nothing in return, at the appropriate place and time and to a worthy recipient, is considered clear. 21 BG 17.21 यत्तु प्रत्युपकारार्थं फलमुद्दिश्य वा पुनः | दीयते च परिक्लिष्टं तद्दानं राजसं स्मृतम् ||१७-२१|| A gift given in expectation of repayment or a reward, or given reluctantly, is considered passionate. 22 BG 17.22 अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते | असत्कृतमवज्ञातं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ||१७-२२|| A gift given at the wrong place or time, to unworthy recipients, without respect or with contempt, is called dark. 23 BG 17.23 ॐतत्सदिति निर्देशो ब्रह्मणस्त्रिविधः स्मृतः | ब्राह्मणास्तेन वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च विहिताः पुरा ||१७-२३|| Om, Tat, Sat is remembered as a threefold designation of Brahman. By it, brahmins, the Vedas, and sacrifices were established in ancient times. 24 BG 17.24 तस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः | प्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ||१७-२४|| Therefore those who speak of Brahman always begin prescribed acts of sacrifice, giving, and austerity by uttering Om. 25 BG 17.25 तदित्यनभिसन्धाय फलं यज्ञतपःक्रियाः | दानक्रियाश्च विविधाः क्रियन्ते मोक्षकाङ्क्षिभिः ||१७-२५|| Uttering Tat, and without aiming at rewards, those who seek liberation perform sacrifices, austerities, and various acts of giving. 26 BG 17.26 सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यते | प्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्दः पार्थ युज्यते ||१७-२६|| Sat is used for existence and goodness, Partha, and the word Sat is also applied to a praiseworthy action. 27 BG 17.27 यज्ञे तपसि दाने च स्थितिः सदिति चोच्यते | कर्म चैव तदर्थीयं सदित्येवाभिधीयते ||१७-२७|| Steadfastness in sacrifice, austerity, and giving is also called Sat; action performed for those purposes is likewise called Sat. 28 BG 17.28 अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत् | असदित्युच्यते पार्थ न च तत्प्रेत्य नो इह ||१७-२८|| Whatever is offered, given, practiced as austerity, or done without trust is called Asat, Partha. It has no value either after death or here.