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Bhagavad Gita · 17.26 · Yoga through Discerning the Three Divisions of Faith·26 of 28

सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यतेप्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्दः पार्थ युज्यते

sad-bhāve sādhu-bhāve cha sad ity etat prayujyate

praśhaste karmaṇi tathā sach-chhabdaḥ pārtha yujyate

Sanskrit recitation

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

Translation

The word "Sat" is used to refer to reality and goodness; likewise, O Arjuna, the word "Sat" is used to refer to an auspicious act.

Meaning

Satbhava That which is unchanging amidst the changing, that which is permanent amidst the impermanent, that which exists in the past, present and future is Sat the reality behind the everchanging names and forms is Sat the substratum in which the everchanging forms inhere is Sat. Meritorious action is Sat.Sadhubhava An attribute of harmony with nature, so that the worlds cycle moves smoothly.The word Sat is powerful enough to make a defective action perfect and complete. When a good action is likely to be rendered Asat or bad owing to a single defect, the use of the word Sat makes it free from defects and brings it to a successful termination. The word Sat removes the evil quality of the action as it has the power of purifying and rendering the act perfect.Sat is Existence Absolute. Sat is Para Brahman. Sat is the inexpressible symbol of that mysterious indescribable, illimitable, indivisible, selfluminous, immortal Brahman.The word Sat is used when you wish to express the reality of an object which is unreal or which is relatively real, as for instance, the birth of a son who is unreal or relatively real in telling that a man is one of good conduct when his conduct is not good or is only relatively good, and in expressing that an act is auspicious, when it is not auspicious or only relatively auspicious.Brahman alone is real. It alone really exists

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
also
iti
thus
sat
the syllable Sat
etat
this
tathā
also
pārtha
Arjun, the son of Pritha
yujyate
is used
karmaṇi
action
prayujyate
is used
praśhaste
auspicious
sat-bhāve
with the intention of eternal existence and goodness
sādhu-bhāve
with auspicious intention
sat-śhabdaḥ
the word “Sat”

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