Bhagavad Gīta Bhāshya and Tātparya
B.G 17.11
अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते। यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः ॥११॥
aphalākāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate। yaṣṭavyameveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ ॥11॥
[अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिः (aphalākāṅkṣibhiḥ) - by those without desire for results; यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - sacrifice; विधि-दृष्टः (vidhi-dṛṣṭaḥ) - as per scriptural injunctions; यः (yaḥ) - which; इज्यते (ijyate) - is performed; यष्टव्यम् (yaṣṭavyam) - ought to be performed; एव (eva) - certainly; इति (iti) - thus; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; समाधाय (samādhāya) - having fixed; सः (saḥ) - that; सात्त्विकः (sāttvikaḥ) - in the mode of goodness;]
The sacrifice performed by those without desire for results, as per scriptural injunctions, with the mind fixed on the thought that it ought to be performed, is in the mode of goodness.

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बहुचित्रजगद्बहुधाकरणात् परशक्तिरनन्तगुणः परमः ।
सुखरूपममुष्य पदं परमं स्मरतस्तु भविष्यति तत्सततम् ॥
"The one who has created this variegated vast universe with varied forms has infinite power and is of infinite auspicious qualities. He certainly bestows the highest state of bliss to those who meditate on his ever happy essence." -Dwādasha stōtra 4.3

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