BG - 17.22

अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते।असत्कृतमवज्ञातं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।17.22।।

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

• adeśha - at the wrong place
• kāle - at the wrong time
• yat - which
• dānam - charity
• apātrebhyaḥ - to unworthy persons
• cha - and
• dīyate - is given
• asat-kṛitam - without respect
• avajñātam - with contempt
• tat - that
• tāmasam - of the nature of nescience
• udāhṛitam - is held to be

Translation

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

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