अफलाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते | यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः
aphalāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate . yaṣṭavyameveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ
那依循经典训示，由不贪求结果之人所行，并怀着“这确是应尽之义务”的信念而行的祭祀，是悦性（萨特瓦）的。
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.
当祭祀（Yajña）以所有适当的悦性（Sattvic）仪式、信念和虔诚进行，丝毫没有对回报的渴望，心智只专注于祭祀本身，为了履行职责而行，那么它就被认为是纯粹的。这种祭祀是以无私的精神或无欲（Nishkamya Bhava）的态度进行，作为获得自我知识的辅助。这种无私无欲的行为能净化心智，为修行者接受神圣之光或自我知识做好准备。一个人的悦性本性促使他进行这种无私无欲的祭祀。他甚至不关心自己的解脱，他坚信这些祭祀是应该做的，并坚定地认为祭祀是一种职责。这里的“亚吉那”（Yajña）不限于仪式性的祭祀，而是广义上的，指任何无执着、无主宰感或自我意识、无回报期望的无私行为，作为对主的奉献。
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.