Duty & Righteousness
Bhagavad Gita 17.27
यज्ञे तपसि दाने च स्थितिः सदिति चोच्यते | कर्म चैव तदर्थीयं सदित्येवाभिधीयते ||१७-२७||
yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ saditi cocyate . karma caiva tadarthīyaṃ sadityevābhidhīyate ||17-27||
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Swami SivanandaEnglish
17.27 Steadfastness in sacrifice, austerity and gift, is also called 'Sat' and also action in connection with these (or for the sake of the Supreme) is called 'Sat'.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaEnglish
The sacrifice that is performed with the aim of achieving its fruit, and which is prescribed in the scriptures, is called rajasic, and it is unstable and temporary.