अभिसन्धाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत् | इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम् ||१७-१२||
abhisandhāya tu phalaṃ dambhārthamapi caiva yat . ijyate bharataśreṣṭha taṃ yajñaṃ viddhi rājasam ||17-12||
Chapter 17 · Verse 12
Shraddha Traya Vibhaga Yoga
श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग
In plain words
If anyone performs a sacrifice in order to obtain heaven son wealth or name and fame then it is a sacrifice of a Rajasic nature. The performer of this kind of sacrifice has the motive of increasing his own importance for popularising his own name in the world for gaining some reward for showing himself off as a great pious and learned man for making an exhibition of his riches for his own glorificaion. He has no aspiration for attaining the knowledge of the Self.
Translation
17.12 But that sacrifice which is offered with the fruit in view and for the sake of ostentation, know it, O Arjuna, to be Rajasika.
Meaning
If anyone performs a sacrifice in order to obtain heaven son wealth or name and fame then it is a sacrifice of a Rajasic nature. The performer of this kind of sacrifice has the motive of increasing his own importance for popularising his own name in the world for gaining some reward for showing himself off as a great pious and learned man for making an exhibition of his riches for his own glorificaion. He has no aspiration for attaining the knowledge of the Self.
Word by word
अभिसंधाय seeking for तु indeed फलम् fruit दम्भार्थम् for ostentation अपि also च and एव even यत् which इज्यते is offered भरतश्रेष्ठ O best of the Bharatas तम् that यज्ञम् sacrifice विद्धि know राजसम् Rajasic.