Chapter 17, Verse 13
विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम्। श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते।।17.13।।
vidhihīnamasṛṣṭānnaṃ mantrahīnamadakṣiṇam| śraddhāvirahitaṃ yajñaṃ tāmasaṃ paricakṣate||17.13||
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- विधिहीनम्
- devoid of prescribed rules/procedures
- असृष्टान्नम्
- without food (offerings) distributed
- मन्त्रहीनम्
- devoid of (Vedic) mantras
- अदक्षिणम्
- without sacrificial fees (to priests)
- श्रद्धाविरहितम्
- lacking in faith
- यज्ञम्
- sacrifice
- तामसम्
- of the nature of tamas (dark/ignorant quality)
- परिचक्षते
- they declare/call
Commentary
13. They declare that worship to be Tamasic which is contrary to the ordinances, in which no food is distributed, which is devoid of mantras and gifts5and which is devoid of faith.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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विधिहीनम्
असृष्टान्नम्
मन्त्रहीनम्
अदक्षिणम्
श्रद्धाविरहितम्
यज्ञम्
तामसम्
परिचक्षते
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