Chapter 17 - Verse 25

तदित्यनभिसन्धाय फलं यज्ञतपःक्रियाः ।
दानक्रियाश्च विविधाः क्रियन्ते मोक्षकाङ्क्षिभिः ॥ २५ ॥

tadityanabhisandhāya phalaṃ yajñatapaḥkriyāḥ .
dānakriyāśca vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣakāṅkṣibhiḥ .. 25 ..


With ‘Tat,’ without aiming at the fruits, are the acts of sacrifice and austerity and the various acts of gift performed by the seekers of moksha.
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With ‘Tat’ : with the utterance of ‘Tat’, which is a designation of Brahman. The fruits : of sacrifice, etc. Acts of gift : gifts of land, gold, etc.

The use of ‘Om’ and of ‘Tat’ has been explained. Now the use of ‘Sat’ is given as follows:

  • * At the beginning of creation by the Prajapati.—A.