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aphalāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate . yaṣṭavyameveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ
ಫಲವನ್ನು ಬಯಸದವರಿಂದ, ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರವಿಧಿಗಳಿಗನುಗುಣವಾಗಿ, 'ಯಜ್ಞ ಮಾಡಲೇಬೇಕು' ಎಂಬ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನ ದೃಢ ನಿಶ್ಚಯದಿಂದ ಯಾವುದು ಮಾಡಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತದೆಯೋ, ಆ ಯಜ್ಞವು ಸಾತ್ವಿಕವೆಂದು ಹೇಳಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.
That sacrifice which is in accordance with the injunctions, (and is) performed by persons who do not hanker after results, and with the mental conviction that it is surely obligatory, is done through sattva.
ಯಾವುದೇ ಫಲದ ಆಕಾಂಕ್ಷೆಯಿಲ್ಲದೆ, ಕೇವಲ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯವೆಂದು ಭಾವಿಸಿ, ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿರುವ ವಿಧಿವಿಧಾನಗಳ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಯಜ್ಞವನ್ನು ಆಚರಿಸುವವರು ಸಾತ್ವಿಕರು. 'ಯಜ್ಞ ಮಾಡುವುದು ನನ್ನ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ' ಎಂಬ ದೃಢ ಸಂಕಲ್ಪದಿಂದ ಮನಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಿರಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಮಾಡುವ ಯಜ್ಞವು ಸಾತ್ವಿಕ ಯಜ್ಞವೆಂದು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದು ಮನಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಶುದ್ಧೀಕರಿಸಿ ಆತ್ಮಜ್ಞಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಸಹಕಾರಿಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.
When a sacrifice is done with all due Sattvic rites? faith and devotion? without the least taint of desire for reward? with the mind fixed on the sacrifice only? for its own sake (for the,sake of discharging the duty only)? then it is said to be pure in its nature. Here the sacrifice is done in a disinterested spirit or with an attitude of desirelessness (Nishkamya Bhava) as an auxiliary to the attainment of the knowledge of the Self. Such selfless and desireless actions purify the mind and prepare the aspirant for the reception of divine light or knowledge of the Self. The Sattvic nature of a man forces him to do such selfless and desireless sacrifices. He does not care even for his own emancipation. He performs them with the firm belief that they ought to be done. He does them with the firm resolve that sacrifice is a duty.Yajna here is not limited to the ceremonial sacrifice. It is used in a broad sense. Any unselfish action done without attachment? without agency or egoism and without expectation of reward? as an offering unto the Lord? is a Yajna or sacrifice.