Commentary on the Bhagavadgita : 41 - Swami Krishnananda.
===================================================================== ========================================================================= Tuesday, June 21, 2022. 19:00. Discourse 46: The Seventeenth Chapter Begins – The Threefold Character of Faith : 1. POST-41. ======================================================================== This word ‘shastra' went into the mind of Arjuna so strongly that it raised a doubt in his mind, which led to his question in the beginning of the Seventeenth Chapter. arjuna uvacha "Ye shastra-vidhim utsrijya yajante shraddhayanvitah tesham nishtha tu ka krishna sattvam aho rajas tamah." (17.1): Arjuna asks, “O Lord! Those who do not follow the injunctions of the scriptures but work with faith, what do You say about them? Are they sattvic or rajasic or tamasic? Under what category do they come? Those who have intense faith and honestly do something without consulting scriptures—do You consider them as sattvic people? Are they good p...