अर्जुन उवाचये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः।तेषां निष्ठा तु का कृष्ण सत्त्वमाहो रजस्तमः।।17.1।।
arjuna uvācha ye śhāstra-vidhim utsṛijya yajante śhraddhayānvitāḥ teṣhāṁ niṣhṭhā tu kā kṛiṣhṇa sattvam āho rajas tamaḥ
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A Reading - Rantideb
Why: Arjuna asks what is the state of those who worship with faith but disregard the prescribed ordinances, whether their faith is of goodness, passion, or ignorance, spotting a genuine gap in the previous chapter's framework and asking about it directly.
In life: it's a good habit to notice gaps in a framework someone just gave you and ask about them directly, rather than assuming the framework accounts for every situation you can already think of.
Teaching: the next time you're given a rule or framework, actively look for the edge case it doesn't seem to cover, and ask about it directly, that's exactly the kind of question Arjuna asks here.