Bhagavad Gita 17.28 meaningYou are what you trust
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Good acts done without faith don’t help much.”
What it means
“But any offering, gift or discipline done without faith is called ‘asat’ — unreal. It does no good in this world or the next.”
The original Sanskrit
अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत् । असदित्युच्यते पार्थ न च तत्प्रेत्य नो इह ॥
aśraddhayā hutaṃ dattaṃ tapastaptaṃ kṛtaṃ ca yat asadityucyate pārtha na ca tatprepya no iha
Translations
Literal translation
O son of Prtha, whatever is offered in sacrifice and given in charity, as also whatever austerity is undertakne or whatever is done without, faith, is said to be of on avail. And it is of no consequence after death, nor here.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
हे पार्थ ! जो यज्ञ, दान, तप और कर्म अश्रद्धापूर्वक किया जाता है, वह 'असत्' कहा जाता है; वह न इस लोक में (इह) और न मरण के पश्चात् (उस लोक में) लाभदायक होता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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