Sura 17, Slok 13
Text
vidhihInamasRSTAnnaM mantrahInamadakSiNam | zraddhAvirahitaM yajJaM tAmasaM paricakSate ||17-13||
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