Chapter 17

Verse 13

Bhagavad Gita

विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम् |
श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते ||१७-१३||
Transliteration

vidhihīnamasṛṣṭānnaṃ mantrahīnamadakṣiṇam .
śraddhāvirahitaṃ yajñaṃ tāmasaṃ paricakṣate ||17-13||
English Meaning

17.13 Sacrifice that is contrary to scriptural command, that is unaccompanied by prayers or gifts of food or money, and is without faith - that is the product of Ignorance.