Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]And that gift which is given with a view to a return of the good, or looking for the fruit, or reluctantly, that gift is held to be Rajasic.
BG 17.21
यत् तु प्रत्युपकारार्थं फलम् उद्दिश्य वा पुनः । दीयते च परिक्लिष्टं तद् दानं राजसं स्मृतम् ॥
yat tu pratyupakārārthaṃ phalam uddiśya vā punaḥ | dīyate ca parikliṣṭaṃ tad dānaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam ||
"Rājasic dāna: given expecting reciprocity, or eyeing fruit, or reluctantly — held to be rājasic."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]And what is given with a view to receiving in return, or looking for the fruit, or again reluctantly, that gift is held to be Rajasika.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]But what is given for the sake of a return, or again with a view to (its) fruit, or reluctantly, that gift is pronounced to be passionate.
K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)
[13]But that gift which is made for the sake of a counter-gift or looking to its fruit, and which is given reluctantly, is regarded as of the quality of passion.