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Verse 17·22

The sacred tat and sat in sacrifice

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अदेशकाले यद्दानम् अपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते ।असत्कृतमवज्ञातं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥

The tamasic gift is offered with no consideration of the right conditions of time, place and object; it is offered without regard for the feelings of the recipient and despised by him even in the acceptance.

Gītā 17·22

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in