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aśraddhayā hutaṃ dattaṃ tapastaptaṃ kṛtaṃ ca yat . asadityucyate pārtha na ca tatprepya no iha
ఓ పృథా పుత్రా, శ్రద్ధ లేకుండగా హోమము చేయబడినది, దానము చేయబడినది, తపస్సు ఆచరించబడినది, మరియు ఏది చేయబడినదో అది 'అసత్' అని చెప్పబడును. అది ఇహలోకమునందు గాని, పరలోకమునందు గాని ప్రయోజనకారి కాదు.
O son of Prtha, whatever is offered in sacrifice and given in charity, as also whatever austerity is undertakne or whatever is done without, faith, is said to be of on avail. And it is of no conseence after death, nor here.
'అసత్' అనగా శాశ్వతమైన ఉనికి లేనిది, మార్పు చెందేది. శ్రద్ధ లేకుండా, నిస్వార్థ భావన లేకుండా చేసే యజ్ఞ, దాన, తపస్సులు 'అసత్' గుణముతో కూడినవి. ఇవి ఇహపరలోకాలలో ఎటువంటి శాశ్వత ప్రయోజనాన్ని ఇవ్వవు, కేవలం వ్యర్థమే అవుతాయి.
Asat That which changes form and has no permanent existence. It does not mean nonexistence as such.Acts of sacrifice? austerity and gift that are performed without faith? under pressure? or to prevent some sort of trouble or to gratify a craving? are Asat in their nature. They yield no permanent benefit or fruit to anybody.Any sacrifice? austerity or gift done without dedicating it to the Lord will be of no avail to the doer in this earthly life here or in the life beyond hereafter. It would be as useless as showers of rain falling on rocky ground or pouring oblations of ghee (clarified butter) on cold ashes. If you have no faith you will become egoistic and obstinate. Your heart will become hard. If you perform even hundreds of sacrifices without faith? without the spirit of selfsurrender to the Lord? even if you distribute the wealth of the whole world in charity without faith in and devotion to the Lord? all these would be worthless and useless. The sages will not appreciate such sacrifices or gifts. Energy? money and time are simply wasted.Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita? the science of the Eternal? the scripture of Yoga? the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna? ends the seventeenth discourse entitledThe Yoga of the Division of the Threefold Faith. ,