BG 17.27
यज्ञे तपसि दाने च स्थितिः सदिति चोच्यते
कर्म चैव तदर्थीयं सदित्येवाभिधीयते
yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ saditi cocyate
karma caiva tadarthīyaṃ sadityevābhidhīyate
TRANSLATION
Devotion to sacrifice, austerities and gifts is also called Sat; and so any act for such purposes is named Sat.
PURPORT
Therefore, devotion of persons of the first three stations who follow the Vedas in respect of sacrifices, austerities and gifts is called Sat, since it is auspicious. So the Vedas, Vedic acts and the three stations, expressed by the term ‘brahmana ,’ since they are characterised by their connection with the words ‘Om Tat Sat,’ are to be distinguished from what are not the Vedas and Vedic.
