അഫലാംക്ഷിഭിര്യജ്ഞോ വിധിദൃഷ്ടോ യ ഇജ്യതേ യഷ്ടവ്യമേവേതി മനഃ സമാധായ സ സാത്ത്വികഃ
aphalāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate yaṣṭavyameveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ
Malayalam Translation
ഫലാകാംക്ഷയില്ലാതെ, ശാസ്ത്രവിധിപ്രകാരം യജ്ഞം ചെയ്യപ്പെടേണ്ട താണ് എന്ന ഭാവത്തോടെ മനസ്സിനെ യജ്ഞത്തില് സമാഹിതമാക്കി യജിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന ആ യജ്ഞം സാത്വികമാണ്.
Explanation · English
When a sacrifice is done with all due Sattvic rites? faith and devotion? without the least taint of desire for reward? with the mind fixed on the sacrifice only? for its own sake (for the,sake of discharging the duty only)? then it is said to be pure in its nature. Here the sacrifice is done in a disinterested spirit or with an attitude of desirelessness (Nishkamya Bhava) as an auxiliary to the attainment of the knowledge of the Self. Such selfless and desireless actions purify the mind and prepare the aspirant for the reception of divine light or knowledge of the Self. The Sattvic nature of a man forces him to do such selfless and desireless sacrifices. He does not care even for his own emancipation. He performs them with the firm belief that they ought to be done. He does them with the firm resolve that sacrifice is a duty.Yajna here is not limited to the ceremonial sacrifice. It is used in a broad sense. Any unselfish action done without attachment? without agency or egoism and without expectation of reward? as an offering unto the Lord? is a Yajna or sacrifice.