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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17, Verse 11 (17.11) means: An offering made as it should be, by those who want no reward, with the firm sense that this is simply their duty, is a clear offering.
अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते।यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः।।17.11।।
aphalākāṅkṣhibhir yajño vidhi-driṣhṭo ya ijyate yaṣhṭavyam eveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ
An offering made as it should be, by those who want no reward, with the firm sense that this is simply their duty, is a clear offering.
जो यज्ञ ठीक विधि से, बिना फल की चाह के, इस दृढ़ भाव से किया जाता है कि यह बस कर्तव्य है, वह स्पष्ट यज्ञ है।
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It is verse 11 of Chapter 17 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 28 verses in total.
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