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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17, Verse 13 (17.13) means: An offering made against the rules, with no food shared, no sacred words, no gifts, and no faith, is called a dull offering.
विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम्।श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते।।17.13।।
vidhi-hīnam asṛiṣhṭānnaṁ mantra-hīnam adakṣhiṇam śhraddhā-virahitaṁ yajñaṁ tāmasaṁ parichakṣhate
An offering made against the rules, with no food shared, no sacred words, no gifts, and no faith, is called a dull offering.
जो यज्ञ नियमों के विरुद्ध, बिना अन्न बाँटे, बिना पवित्र मंत्रों, बिना दान और बिना श्रद्धा के किया जाता है, वह जड़ यज्ञ कहलाता है।
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It is verse 13 of Chapter 17 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 28 verses in total.
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