Bhagavad Gita · 17.26 · Yoga through Discerning the Three Divisions of Faith·26 of 28
सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यते।प्रशस्ते 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.
- 17.23"Om Tat Sat": This has been declared to be the triple designation of Brahman. By that, the Brahmanas, the Vedas, and the sacrifices were created formerly.
- 17.24Therefore, with the utterance of "Om," the acts of sacrifice, gift, and austerity, as enjoined in the scriptures, are always begun by the students of Brahman.
- 17.25Uttering "Tat," without aiming for the fruits, are the acts of sacrifice, austerity, and the various acts of gifts performed by those seeking liberation.
17.26The word "Sat" is used to refer to reality and goodness; likewise, O Arjuna, the word "Sat" is used to refer to an auspicious act.
- 17.27Steadfastness in sacrifice, austerity, and gift is also called 'Sat', and action in connection with these, or for the sake of the Supreme, is also called 'Sat'.
- 17.28Whatever is sacrificed, given, or performed, and whatever austerity is practiced without faith, it is called 'Asat', O Arjuna; it is of no value here or hereafter (after death).
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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