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Chapter XVII28 verses

अथ सप्तदशोऽध्यायः

श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोगः

The Yoga of the Threefold Division of Faith

Śraddhā-traya-vibhāga-yoga

Man is made of his faith: turn yours to the highest, and let every sacrifice, gift and askesis begin with OM and be offered to That which is. — The Delight of Krishna

The soul enters in
daivī sampad — the divine endowment, disciplined by the law of the Shastra
and is led towards
oṃ tat sat — works of faith consecrated to the Real
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In this chapter

28 verses

Summary of chapter 17

The Gunas, Faith and Works - The Gila next gives an analysis of action in the light of the fundamental idea of the three gunas and the transcendence of them by a self-exceeding culmination of the highest sattwic discipline. in this chapter it lays special stress on Faith. shraddha, the will to believe and to be, know, live and enact the Truth as the principal factor.

Chapter 17 illustration, titled श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोगः
Illustration · Sushanto Nath, Sri Aurobindo Society

Chapter outline

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  1. 17·1–6Faith according to the three Gunas.
  2. 17·7–10Foods according to the three Gunas.
  3. 17·11–13Sacrifice according to the three Gunas.
  4. 17·14–16Tapas of the body, speech and mind.
  5. 17·17–18Tapas according to the three Gunas.
  6. 17·19–22dana according to the three Gunas.
  7. 17·23–28The significance Om, Tat, Sat.
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The verses

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Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

  1. 17·11, a key verseअफलाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते । यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः ॥ ११ ॥aphalāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate, yaṣṭavyameveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ.The sacrifice which is offered by men without desire for the personal fruit, which is executed according to…
  2. 17·12अभिसन्धाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत् । इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम् ॥ १२ ॥abhisandhāya tu phalaṁ dambhārthamapi caiva yat, ijyate bharataśreṣṭha taṁ yajñaṁ viddhi rājasam.The sacrifice offered with a view to the personal fruit, and also for ostentation, O best of the Bharatas…
  3. 17·13विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम् । श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते ॥ १३ ॥vidhihīnamasṛṣṭānnaṁ mantrahīnamadakṣiṇam, śraddhāvirahitaṁ yajñaṁ tāmasaṁ paricakṣate.The sacrifice not performed according to the right rule of the Shastra, without giving of food, without the…
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End of the chapter

ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सुब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादेश्रद्धात्रयविभागयोगो नाम सप्तदशोऽध्यायः ॥ १७॥

om tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsubrahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvādeśraddhātrayavibhāgayogo nāma saptadaśo’dhyāyaḥ

Thus, in the Upanishad sung by the Lord, the science of Brahman, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the seventeenth chapter entitled “The Yoga of the Threefold Faith”

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