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Bhagavad Gita · 17.25 · Yoga through Discerning the Three Divisions of Faith·25 of 28

तदित्यनभिसन्धाय फलं यज्ञतपःक्रियाःदानक्रियाश्च विविधाः क्रियन्ते मोक्षकाङ्क्षि

tad ity anabhisandhāya phalaṁ yajña-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ

dāna-kriyāśh cha vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣha-kāṅkṣhibhiḥ

Sanskrit recitation

Om Tat Sat — make it true · 17.23–17.28 · Teaching

Translation

Uttering "Tat," without aiming for the fruits, are the acts of sacrifice, austerity, and the various acts of gifts performed by those seeking liberation.

Meaning

With Tat With the utterance of the word Tat (That).Phalam Fruit of sacrifice, austerity and charity.Danakriyah Acts of charity such as gifts of land, gold, rice, clothes, etc.The immortal Soul which transcends the whole world, the three Gunas, the three bodies, the three,states of waking, dreaming and deep sleep, which illumines everything, which is the basis of all, and the source of everything is connoted by the word Tat. The sages and the aspirants meditate on Tat. They utter the word Tat and say, May all our actions and the fruits of them be in the name of Tat (That or Brahman).Thus they offer all actions and their fruits to Brahman and practise renunciation. They are freed from egoism and the bondage of Karma. They attain Selfrealisation through purity of heart caused by selfless, motiveless and desireless actions.The actions that is ennobled and sanctified by uttering Om at the beginning and which is offered to That is transformed into the nature of Brahman. All actions in their entirety, O Arjuna, culminate in wisdom (IV.33). He who does the actions with the spirit of sacrifice becomes Brahman eventually.Tat is symbolic of the presentation of all the fruits of all such activities to Brahman. If you utter Tat, it is tantamount to saying, They are nt mine

After Swami Sivananda

Om Tat Sat — make it true· 17.23–17.28

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
cha
and
iti
thus
tat
the syllable Tat
dāna
charity
phalam
fruitive rewards
yajña
sacrifice
tapaḥ
austerity
kriyante
are done
kriyāḥ
acts
vividhāḥ
various
anabhisandhāya
without desiring
mokṣha-kāṅkṣhibhiḥ
by seekers of freedom from material entanglements

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