अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत् | असदित्युच्यते पार्थ न च तत्प्रेत्य नो इह ||१७-२८||
aśraddhayā hutaṃ dattaṃ tapastaptaṃ kṛtaṃ ca yat . asadityucyate pārtha na ca tatprepya no iha ||17-28||
- aśraddhayā
- without faith
- hutam
- offered in sacrifice
- dattam
- given
- tapaḥ
- penance
- taptam
- executed
- kṛtam
- performed
- ca
- also
- yat
- that which
- asat
- false
- iti
- thus
- ucyate
- is said to be
- pārtha
- O son of Pṛthā
- na
- never
- ca
- also
- tat
- that
- pretya
- after death
- na u
- nor
- iha
- in this life
Anything done as sacrifice, charity or penance without faith in the Supreme, O son of Pṛthā, is impermanent. It is called asat and is useless both in this life and the next.