The Threefold Faith (Shraddhatraya-Vibhaga Yoga)

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21. 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.

 

22. The gift that is given at a wrong place or time, to unworthy persons,

without respect or with insult, that is declared to be Tamasic.

 

23. " OM, TAT, SAT " : this has been taught to be the triple designation of

Brahman. By that were created of old the Brahmanas and the Vedas and the

sacrifices.

 

24. Therefore, with the utterance of 'Om', are the acts of sacrifice, gift and

austerity, as enjoined in the scriptures, always begun by the students of

Brahman.

 

25. With 'Tat', without aiming at the fruits, are the acts of sacrifice and

austerity and the various acts of gift performed by the seekers of moksha.

 

26. The word 'Sat' is used in the sense of reality and of goodness; and so also,

O Partha, the word 'Sat' is used in the sense of an auspicious act.

 

27. Devotion to sacrifice, austerity and gift is also spoken of as 'Sat'; and

even action in connection with these is called 'Sat'.

 

28. Whatever is sacrificed, given, or done and whatever austerity is practised,

without faith, it is called 'asat', O Partha; it is naught here or here-after.