श्रद्धया परया तप्तं तपस्तत्त्रिविधं नरैः ।
अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तैः सात्त्विकं परिचक्षते ॥ १७ ॥
अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तैः सात्त्विकं परिचक्षते ॥ १७ ॥
śraddhayā parayā taptaṃ tapastattrividhaṃ naraiḥ .
aphalākāṅkṣibhiryuktaiḥ sāttvikaṃ paricakṣate .. 17 ..
This threefold austerity, practised by devout* men with utmost faith, desiring no fruit, they call Sattvic.
Balanced in mind : unaffected in success and failure.—A.
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Threefold : having respectively to do with the three seats —body, speech, and mind. With faith : believing in the existence of things (taught in the scriptures.)