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Bhagavad Gītā (Kashmirian recension)17.21

17.21
यत्तु प्रत्युपकारार्थं फलमुद्दिश्य वा पुनः । दीयते च परिक्लिष्टं तद्राजसमिति स्मृतम् ॥ १७-२१ ॥
yattu pratyupakārārthaṃ phalamuddiśya vā punaḥ | dīyate ca parikliṣṭaṃ tadrājasamiti smṛtam || 17-21 ||
— but that which, for the sake of a return favour ; — or again with an eye to the fruit ; — is given, and grudgingly ; — that is held to be rājasic

But that which is given for the sake of a return favour, or again with an eye to the fruit, and grudgingly — that is held to be rājasic.