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Chapter 17, Slok 12

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abhisandhAya tu phalaM dambhArthamapi caiva yat | ijyate bharatazreSTha taM yajJaM viddhi rAjasam ||17-12||

Transliteration

abhisandhāya tu phalaṃ dambhārthamapi caiva yat . ijyate bharataśreṣṭha taṃ yajñaṃ viddhi rājasam ||17-12||

Meanings

17.12 But that sacrifice which is offered with the fruit in view and for the sake of ostentation, know it, O Arjuna, to be Rajasika. - Adi