Bhagavad Gita · 17.28
॥
Devanāgarī
अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत् ।
असदित्युच्यते पार्थ न च तत्प्रेत्य नो इह ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
aśraddhayā hutaṁ dattaṁ tapas taptaṁ kṛtaṁ ca yat |
asad ity ucyate pārtha na ca tat pretya no iha ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अश्रद्धयाaśraddhayāwithout faith (śraddhā).
हुतम्hutamsacrifice.
दत्तम्dattamcharity.
तपः तप्तम्tapaḥ taptamausterity performed.
कृतम् च यत्kṛtam ca yatand whatever is done.
असत् इतिasat itiis called asat.
उच्यतेucyateis called.
पार्थpārthaO Pārtha!
न च तत्na ca tatneither that.
प्रेत्यpretyaafter death.
नो इहno ihanor here [in this life].
Translation
“O Pārtha, any sacrifice, charity, or austerity, as well as any other act, performed without faith, is called asat. It bears no fruit either in this life or in the next.”
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