अफलाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते |\nयष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः ||१७-११||
aphalāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate .\nyaṣṭavyameveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ ||17-11||
Sacrifice that is performed according to scriptural injunctions without expectation of rewards, with the firm conviction of the mind that it is a matter of duty, is of the nature of goodness.