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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 5 (18.5) means: Acts of offering, giving, and discipline should not be given up but done, for they purify the wise.
यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यं कार्यमेव तत्।यज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम्।।18.5।।
yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyaṁ kāryam eva tat yajño dānaṁ tapaśh chaiva pāvanāni manīṣhiṇām
Acts of offering, giving, and discipline should not be given up but done, for they purify the wise.
यज्ञ, दान और तप के कर्म छोड़ने नहीं, बल्कि करने चाहिए, क्योंकि ये ज्ञानी को पवित्र करते हैं।
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It is verse 5 of Chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 78 verses in total.
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