# Bhagavad Gita 17.13

**Canonical reference:** `gita.17.13`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम्।
श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते ॥

## IAST

vidhihīnamasṛṣṭānnaṃ mantrahīnamadakṣiṇam
śraddhāvirahitaṃ yajñaṃ tāmasaṃ paricakṣate

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

They call that sacrifice dark which is against the ordinances (of scripture) in which no food is dealt out (to Brāhmaṇas, &c.) which is devoid of Mantras devoid of Dakṣiṇā presents and which is without faith.

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