অধ্যায় 17, Slok 13

Text

বিধিহীনমসৃষ্টান্নং মন্ত্রহীনমদক্ষিণম্ | শ্রদ্ধাবিরহিতং যজ্ঞং তামসং পরিচক্ষতে ||১৭-১৩||

Transliteration

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

Meanings

17.13 That sacrifice which is bereft of authority, which uses offerings not sanctioned by the Sastras, which is performed without recitation of hymns and bereft of gifts and faith - that, they say, is marked by Tamas. - Adi