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Bhakti & surrenderChapter 17 · The Divisions of Faith
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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 17.25

Om Tat Sat, spiritual faith and proper intention

तदित्यनभिसन्धाय फलं यज्ञतप:क्रिया: ।

दानक्रियाश्च विविधा: क्रियन्ते मोक्षकाङ्‌‍क्षिभि: ॥ २५ ॥

tad ity anabhisandhāya

phalaṁ yajña-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ

dāna-kriyāś ca vividhāḥ

kriyante mokṣa-kāṅkṣibhiḥ

Translation

Without desiring fruitive results, one should perform various kinds of sacrifice, penance and charity with the word tat. The purpose of such transcendental activities is to get free from material entanglement.

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Understand it

What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

Act Without Material Gain

  1. 1Perform sacrifice, penance and charity with the word tat, without seeking rewards, to become free from material entanglement.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that the ultimate gain is to return to the spiritual kingdom, back home, back to Godhead.
  3. 3Practice sacrifice, penance and charity for spiritual progress, not material gain.

Where we are

In the story

Chapter 17, The Divisions of Faith: om tat sat, spiritual faith and proper intention.

What it teaches

Theme summary

Loving service and surrender to Kṛṣṇa.

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Key ideas in this verse

The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.

Key ideas: bhakti, śaraṇāgati.

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Live it

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What does BG 17.25 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to bhakti & surrender?

Practice

Offer one act today with devotion.

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Related verses

Keep going: verses that carry this teaching further.

BG 17.23Om Tat Sat, spiritual faith and proper intentionBG 17.24Om Tat Sat, spiritual faith and proper intentionBG 3.30Offer every action to KrishnaBG 6.47The highest yogi is devoted

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