Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]MISSING from index. Ganguli and Telang used as primary.
BG 17.11
अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर् यज्ञो विधिदिष्टो य इज्यते । यष्टव्यम् एवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः ॥
aphalākāṅkṣibhir yajño vidhi-diṣṭo ya ijyate | yaṣṭavyam eveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ ||
"Sāttvic yajña: performed as ordained, without fruit-desire, with the conviction 'this must be done.'"
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]MISSING from index. Ganguli and Telang used as primary.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]That sacrifice is good which, being prescribed in (scripture) ordinances, is performed by persons not wishing for the fruit (of it), and after determining (in their) mind that the sacrifice must needs be performed.
K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)
[13]That sacrifice is good which, being prescribed by the ordinance, is performed by persons, without any longing for the fruit (thereof) and the mind being determined (to it under the belief) that its performance is a duty.