Bhagavad Gita 17.17श्रद्धया परया तप्तं तपस्तत्ित्रविधं नरैः।अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तैः सात्त्विकं परिचक्षते ॥

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

• 17.7The food that is dear to each is threefold, as well as sacrifice, austerity, and…
• 17.8The foods that increase life, purity, strength, health, joy, and cheerfulness (good…
• 17.9The foods that are bitter, sour, salty, overly hot, pungent, dry, and burning are liked by…
• 17.10That which is stale, tasteless, putrid, rotten, rejected, and impure is the food liked by…
• 17.11That sacrifice which is offered by men without desire for reward, as enjoined by the…
• 17.12The sacrifice that is offered, O Arjuna, seeking a reward and for show, know that to be a…
• 17.13They declare that sacrifice to be Tamasic which is contrary to the ordinances of the…
• 17.14Worship of the gods, the twice-born, the teachers, and the wise; purity,…
• 17.15Speech that causes no excitement, is truthful, pleasant, and beneficial; the practice of…
• 17.16Serenity of mind, good-heartedness, self-control, and purity of nature—this is called…

• 17.17This threefold austerity, practiced by steadfast men, with the utmost faith, desiring no…

• 17.18The austerity that is practiced with the aim of gaining good reception, honor, and…
• 17.19That austerity which is practised out of a foolish notion, with self-torture, or for the…
• 17.20That gift which is given to one who does nothing in return, knowing it to be a duty to…
• 17.21And, that gift which is given with the intention of receiving something in return, or…
• 17.22The gift that is given in the wrong place and at the wrong time, to unworthy persons,…

tat

that

taptam

practiced

parayā

transcendental

tapaḥ

austerity

naraiḥ

by persons

yuktaiḥ

steadfast

sāttvikam

in the mode of goodness

tri-vidham

three-fold

śhraddhayā

with faith

parichakṣhate

are designated

aphala-ākāṅkṣhibhiḥ

without yearning for material rewards