अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत् असदित्युच्यते पार्थ न च तत्प्रेत्य नो इह
aśhraddhayā hutaṁ dattaṁ tapas taptaṁ kṛitaṁ cha yat asad ity uchyate pārtha na cha tat pretya no iha
Recitation · Text 17.28
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (18 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
Whatever is offered, given, or undertaken as austerity without faith is called asat — unreal. It is of no account hereafter, nor here. The chapter returns to where it began: faith is not one ingredient among others, it is what makes the act exist at all.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:Faith is not one ingredient among others — it is what makes the act exist.