Tasmac chastram pramanam te karyakarya-vyavasthitau, jnatva shastra-vidhanoktam karma kartum iharhasi
Therefore, let the scriptures be your authority in determining what should be done and what should not be done. Understanding the scriptural injunctions, you should perform your duties here.
- •Scriptures guide right action
- •Divine wisdom over personal whim
- •Act according to higher knowledge
Tasmac chastram pramanam te karyakarya-vyavasthitau, jnatva shastra-vidhanoktam karma kartum iharhasi
Therefore, let the scriptures be your authority in determining what should be done and what should not be done. Understanding the scriptural injunctions, you should perform your duties here.
- •Scriptures guide right action
- •Divine wisdom over personal whim
- •Act according to higher knowledge
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