Datavyam iti yad danam diyate 'nupakarine, deshe kale cha patre cha tad danam sattvikam smritam
Charity given to a worthy person simply because it is right to give, without consideration of anything in return, at the proper time and place—such charity is of the nature of goodness.
- •Give without expectation
- •Right time, place, and recipient
- •Sattvic charity is selfless
Aphala-kāṅkṣhibhir yajño vidhi-diṣhṭo ya ijyate, yaṣhṭavyam eveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ
Sacrifice that is performed as a duty, without desire for reward, according to scriptural injunctions, with a concentrated mind—that is of the nature of goodness.
- •Sattvic sacrifice is dutiful
- •No expectation of reward
- •Follow scriptures with concentration
Sarva-bhūteṣhu yenaikaṁ bhāvam avyayam īkṣhate, avibhaktaṁ vibhakteṣhu taj jñānaṁ viddhi sāttvikam
That knowledge by which one sees the imperishable reality in all beings, undivided in the divided—know that knowledge to be of the nature of goodness.
- •Sattvic knowledge sees unity
- •One reality in all beings
- •Undivided amid division