Commentary on the Bhagavadgita : 47-2. - Swami Krishnananda.
======================================================================== ========================================================================= Monday, August 01, 2022. 19:45. Discourse 47: The Seventeenth Chapter Concludes – The Meaning of Om Tat Sat : 2. ========================================================================= BG-17.25 "Tad ity anabhisandhaya phalam yajna-tapah-kriyah dana-kriyash cha vividhah kriyante moksha-kankshibhih." yajna, dana and tapas are associated with the other letter, Tat, in the same way as Om is associated with yajna, dana and tapas, and with all religious performances. Sat is the third symbol, which signifies goodness. We say satsanga, sant, saint, mahatma, which all come from the word ‘Sat'. Sacchabdaḥ pārtha yujyate: Whenever there is something good or saintly, we call that Sat. Whenever there is something auspicious, then also we use the word Sat in regard to that auspicious beginning. The words yajna, dana and tapah—sacrifice,...