Commentary on the Bhagavadgita : 46-4 - Swami Krishnananda.
========================================================================= ========================================================================= Saturday, July 09, 2022. 07:10. Discourse 46: The Seventeenth Chapter Begins – The Threefold Character of Faith : 4. ======================================================================= "Aphalakankshibhir yajno vidhi-drishto ya ijyate yashtavyam eveti manah samadhaya sa sattvikah." (BG 17.11) BG 17.11: Sacrifice that is performed according to scriptural injunctions without expectation of rewards, with the firm conviction of the mind that it is a matter of duty, is of the nature of goodness. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Another obligatory sacrifice is sandhya vandana, early morning prayers—Gayatri japa and prayer to the sun—which have to be done three times, or two times, or at least once. Sandhya vandana is an obligatory sacrifice, we m...