1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 17 - Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 11

The entire content of this mail is from Shri V N Gopala Desikan's  Srimad Bhagavad Gita, published by Vishishtadvaita Research Centre, Chennai and The Bhagavad Gita by Swami Chidbhavananda published by Ramakrishna Mission

The Three Types of Worship  11-13

1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 17 - Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 11

Aphala akankshibhih yagnah vidhi drushtah yah ijyate I

Yashtavyam eva iti manah samadhaya sa sattvikah II sloka 11

अफल आकाङ्क्षिभिः यज्ञः विधि दृष्टः यः इज्यते I 

यष्टव्यं एव इति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः II श्लोक 11

That yagna is sattvika which is performed by men desiring no fruit, as enjoined by ordinance, with their mind fixed on the yagna only, for its own sake.

A mother who serves her baby expects no reward. She finds satisfaction in service. The good and the holy worship the Lord expecting nothing in return. This divine act is inherent in them. Again their adoration is quite in tune with the ordinance of the scriptures. All forms of yagna resolve themselves into the  adoration of the almighty. The sattvika men are given to this kind of worship. 

While the Pandavas were in exile this pertinent question was put to Yudhishtra by Queen Draupadi."Why should these series of trials and tribulations befall you who are an embodiment of Dharma.?" The reply besspeaks the mental calibre of the man concerned. "Behold! O Queen, the yonder majestic Himalayas. I cant help adoring them, Sorrow finds no quarters in my mind given to this adoration". Yudhishtra was made of such stuff as this. And this verily is the way of the sattvika.