Chapter XVII · Śloka 25
Śrī Kṛṣṇa uvāca
तदित्यनभिसंधाय फलं यज्ञतपःक्रियाः |
दानक्रियाश्च विविधाः क्रियन्ते मोक्षकाङ्क्षिभिः ||
tad ity anabhisandhāya phalaṃ yajña-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ |
dāna-kriyāś ca vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣa-kāṅkṣibhiḥ ||
Uttering 'Tat,' without aiming at fruit, the acts of sacrifice and austerity and the various acts of charity are performed by seekers of liberation.
Tat — 'That' — is spoken to dissolve the act into the Infinite. The seeker of liberation performs sacrifice, austerity, and giving not to acquire anything but to release the action entirely into the hands of That which transcends all result.