Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 17 · The Three Kinds of Faith

    Verse 22

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 17, Verse 22

    अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते।असत्कृतमवज्ञातं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।17.22।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    adeśha-kāle yad dānam apātrebhyaśh cha dīyate asat-kṛitam avajñātaṁ tat tāmasam udāhṛitam

    Translation

    That gift which is given at the wrong place, wrong time, to an unworthy recipient, without due respect and with contempt, is called the gift of a Tamasa nature.
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