Sanskrit · Devanagari
विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम्। श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
vidhihīnamasṛṣṭānnaṃ mantrahīnamadakṣiṇam śraddhāvirahitaṃ yajñaṃ tāmasaṃ paricakṣate
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882They 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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Śaṅkarācārya
।।17.13।। --,विधिहीनं यथाचोदितविपरीतम्? असृष्टान्नं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो न सृष्टं न दत्तम् अन्नं यस्मिन् यज्ञे सः असृष्टान्नः तम् असृष्टान्नम्? मन्त्रहीनं मन्त्रतः स्वरतो वर्णतो वा वियुक्तं मन्त्रहीनम्? अदक्षिणम् उक्तदक्षिणारहितम्? श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते तमोनिर्वृत्तं कथयन्ति।।अथ इदानीं तपः त्रिविधम् उच्यते --,
586270582be7…Rāmānuja
17.13 They say that sacrifice is Tamasa, which is bereft of the authority of injunction of Brahmanas of learning and good conduct as 'Do this sacrifice,' which is 'Asrstanna' viz., which uses offerings (materials) not sanctioned by the Sastras; which is performed without recitation of hymns; and which is bereft of gifts and faith. Now, to explain the threefold division of austerities according to their source in the Gunas, Sri Krsna describes their differences in respect of the body, speech and mind:
f556ba9614a2…Swami Sivananda
17.13 विधिहीनम् without keeping to ordinance? असृष्टान्नम् in which no food is distributed? मन्त्रहीनम् which is devoid of Mantras? अदक्षिणम् which is devoid of gifts? श्रद्धाविरहितम् which is devoid of faith? यज्ञम् sacrifice? तामसम् Tamasic? परिचक्षते (they) declare.Commentary A sacrifice performed by a Tamasic man is never guided by any consideration for the prescribed rites or incantation. You will find every irregularity in this sacrifice. No food is distributed. No fees which are prescribed in the scriptures are given to the priests. The Mantras are not changed properly. The hymns recited are defective in utterance and accent. Sometimes there is no recitation at all. There is no faith. A man who performs such a sacrifice does not get any merit.
4b4eea6c5ff5…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.