विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम् |\nश्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते ||१७-१३||
vidhihīnamasṛṣṭānnaṃ mantrahīnamadakṣiṇam .\nśraddhāvirahitaṃ yajñaṃ tāmasaṃ paricakṣate ||17-13||
Sacrifice devoid of faith and contrary to the injunctions of the scriptures, in which no food is offered, no mantras chanted, and no donation made, is to be considered in the mode of ignorance.