vidhi-disto ya ijyate

yastavyam eveti manah

samadhaya sa sattvikah

aphala-kāñkṣibhiḥ—devoid of desire for result; yajñaḥ—sacrifice; vidhi—accordingly; dṛṣtaḥ—direction; yaḥ—anyone; ijyate—performs; yaṣṭavyam—must be performed; eva—certainly; iti—thus; manaḥ—mind; samādhāya—fixed in; saḥ—he; sāttvikaḥ—is in the mode of goodness.

Of sacrifices, that sacrifice performed according to duty and to scriptural rules, and with no expectation of reward, is of the nature of goodness.

dambhartham api caiva yat

ijyate bharata-srestha

tam yajnam viddhi rajasam

abhisandhāya—desiring; tu—but; phalam—the result; dambha—pride; artham—material benefits; api—also; ca—and; eva—certainly; yat—that which; ijyate—worship; bharata-śreṣṭha—O chief of the Bhāratas; tam—that; yajñam—sacrifice; viddhi—know; rājasam—in the mode of passion.

But that sacrifice performed for some material end or benefit or performed ostentatiously, out of pride, is of the nature of passion, O chief of the Bhāratas.

mantra-hinam adaksinam

sraddha-virahitam yajnam

tamasam paricaksate

vidhi-hīnam—without scriptural direction; asṛṣṭa-annam—without distribution of prasādam; mantra-hīnam—with no chanting of the Vedic hymns; adakṣiṇam—with no remunerations to the priests; śraddhā—faith; virahitam—without; yajñam—sacrifice; tāmasam—in the mode of ignorance; paricakṣate—is to be considered.

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