tad ity anabhisandhÄya phalaá¹ yajña-tapaḥ-kriyÄḥ dÄna-kriyÄÅ› cha vividhÄḥ kriyante moká¹£a-kÄá¹…ká¹£ibhiḥ [25]

moká¹£a-kÄá¹…ká¹£ibhiḥ–Persons aspiring for liberation; (udÄhá¹›tya)–uttering; tat iti–the word Tat, representing Brahma, the Absolute; kriyante– perform; vividhÄḥ yajña-tapaḥ-kriyÄḥ–acts of various kinds of sacrifice and austerity; dÄna-kriyÄḥ cha–and acts of charity; anabhisandhÄya–without motivation; phalam–for the fruits. [25]


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Persons aspiring for liberation utter the word Tat, representing Brahma, the Absolute, to invoke the performance of various acts of sacrifice, charity, and austerity without motivation for the results.

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