Chapter 17 · The Three Kinds of Faith

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 17.7

आहारस्त्वपि सर्वस्य त्रिविधो भवति प्रिय: यज्ञस्तपस्तथा दानं तेषां भेदमिमं शृणु

āhāras tv api sarvasya tri-vidho bhavati priyaḥ yajñas tapas tathā dānaṁ teṣhāṁ bhedam imaṁ śhṛiṇu

Recitation · Text 17.7
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Even the food that is dear to each is of three kinds, as are sacrifice, austerity and charity. Hear their distinctions. Diet is put in the same analytical frame as worship, without any sense of descending to a lesser topic.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Diet is analysed in the same frame as worship, not as a lesser topic.