Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17 Verse 13
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 17 श्लोक 13

विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम्।
श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते।।17.13।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
17.13. That sacrifice they declare to be of the Tamas (Strand) which is devoid of scriptural injunction, in which there is no [recitation of]  Vedic hymns, where no food and [sacrifical]  fee are distributed, and which is totally devoid of faith.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
17.11-13 Aphala-etc. upto paricaksate. Stabilizing mind :  by firmly believing.  Also for the sake of display etc.  Display : an intention  Let the world take me to be of  this natrue.  That which is devoid of scriptural injunction :  that which is devoid of rituals prescribed in the scriptures.  The same [feature] is elaborated by the attributives  That in which no food is distributed etc.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 17.13Vidhiheenam asrishtaannam mantraheenam adakshinam;
Shraddhaavirahitam yajnam taamasam parichakshate.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 17.13vidhi-hīnam—without scriptural direction; asṛiṣhṭa-annam—without distribution of prasādam; mantra-hīnam—with no chanting of the Vedic hymns; adakṣhiṇam—with no remunerations to the priests; śhraddhā—faith; virahitam—without; yajñam—sacrifice; tāmasam—in the mode of ignorance; parichakṣhate—is to be considered