Bhagavad Gita - Book 17, Volume 10

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The straightforward, integrated and authentic approach to the truth is what Kṛṣṇa calls sātvika dāna.

यज्ञे तपसि दाने च स्थितिः सदिति चोच्यते ।
कर्म चैव तदर्थीयं सदित्येवाभिधीयते
॥ १७-२७ ॥

yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ sad iti
cocyate karma caiva tad arthīyaṁ
sadityevābhidhīyate

Authenticity in sacrifice, charity, and
austerity is also called 'Sat'. Selfless
service for the sake of the Supreme is,
in truth, termed as 'Sat'.

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'I offer all to that Truth. I surrender everything to that Divine. Let that be the Truth.' This is the Mahā-vākya, the great truth, handed down by the Master to Arjuna as the technique to ensure śraddha, authenticity in all activities of sacrifice, austerity and charity.

17.28

अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत् ।
असदित्युच्यते पार्थ न च तत्प्रेत्य नो इह
॥ १७-२८ ॥

aśraddhayā hutaṁ dattaṁ
tapastaptaṁ kṛtaṁ ca yat
asadityucyate pārtha na ca tatpretya
no iha

Whatever is done without authenticity whether it is sacrifice, charity, austerity, or any other act is called ‘asat.’ It has no value here or hereafter, O Pārtha (Arjuna).

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Let us all experience Śraddha, the authenticity and imbibe and experience the truths of Parabrahma Kṛṣṇa