Bhagavad Gita

Bhagavad Gita 17.13 ·

हिन्दी

Sanskrit

विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम् ।श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते ॥

Transliteration

vidhihīnamasṛṣṭānnaṃ mantrahīnamadakṣiṇam śraddhāvirahitaṃ yajñaṃ tāmasaṃ paricakṣate

17.13Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोगVerse 13 of 28

Translation

The sacrifice contrary to the ordinances, without distributing food, devoid of words of power and without gifts, empty of faith, is said to be of darkness.

— Annie Besant

Chapter 17, Verse 17.13