### Bg 17.17

> श्रद्धया परया तप्तं तपस्तत्त्रिविधं नरैः ।\
> अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तैः सात्त्विकं परिचक्षते ॥१७॥

> śraddhayā parayā taptaṁ\
> tapas tat tri-vidhaṁ naraiḥ\
> aphalākāṅkṣibhir yuktaiḥ\
> sāttvikaṁ paricakṣate

*śraddhayā*—with faith; *parayā*—transcendental; *taptam*—executed; *tapaḥ*—austerity; *tat*—that; *tri-vidham*—three kinds; *naraiḥ*—by men; *aphala-ākāṅkṣibhiḥ*—without desires for fruits; *yuktaiḥ*—engaged; *sāttvikam*—in the mode of goodness; *pari-cakṣate*—is called.

**This threefold austerity, practiced by men whose aim is not to benefit themselves materially but to please the Supreme, is of the nature of goodness.**