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श्रद्धया परया तप्तं तपस्तत्त्रिविधं नरैः ।
अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तैः सात्त्विकं परिचक्षते ॥ १७ ॥
This threefold austerity, practiced by men whose aim is not to benefit themselves materially but to please the Supreme, is of the nature of goodness.
 
sraddhaya paraya taptam
tapas tat tri-vidham naraih
aphalakaṅksibhir yuktaih
sattvikam paricaksate
sraddhaya-with faith; paraya-transcendental; taptam-executed; tapah-austerity; tat-that; tri-vidham-three kinds; naraih-by men; aphala-akaṅksibhih-without desires for fruits; yuktaih-engaged; sattvikam-in the mode of goodness; pari-caksate-is called.

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