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Chapter 17 · Verse 22The Three Divisions of Faith

Bhagavad Gita 17.22

BG 17.22 — Chapter 17 (The Three Divisions of Faith), Verse 22, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते | असत्कृतमवज्ञातं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ||१७-२२||

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adeśakāle yaddānamapātrebhyaśca dīyate . asatkṛtamavajñātaṃ tattāmasamudāhṛtam ||17-22||

Roman: adeshakale yaddanamapatrebhyashca diyate . asatkrtamavajnatam tattamasamudahrtam

The gift that is given at a wrong place and time, to unworthy persons, without respect or with insult is declared to be Tamasic.