അദ്ധ്യായം 17, Slok 13

Text

വിധിഹീനമസൃഷ്ടാന്നം മന്ത്രഹീനമദക്ഷിണമ് | ശ്രദ്ധാവിരഹിതം യജ്ഞം താമസം പരിചക്ഷതേ ||൧൭-൧൩||

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