B.G 17.12

अभिसन्धाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्। इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम् ॥१२॥

abhisandhāya tu phalaṃ dambhārthamapi caiva yat। ijyate bharataśreṣṭha taṃ yajñaṃ viddhi rājasam ॥12॥

[अभिसन्धाय (abhisandhāya) - intending; तु (tu) - but; फलं (phalaṃ) - fruit; दम्भार्थम् (dambhārtham) - for show; अपि (api) - also; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - certainly; यत् (yat) - which; इज्यते (ijyate) - is performed; भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas; तं (taṃ) - that; यज्ञं (yajñaṃ) - sacrifice; विद्धि (viddhi) - know; राजसम् (rājasam) - in the mode of passion;]

विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम्। श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते ॥१३॥

vidhihīnamasṛṣṭānnaṃ mantrahīnamadakṣiṇam। śraddhāvirahitaṃ yajñaṃ tāmasaṃ paricakṣate ॥13॥

[विधिहीनम् (vidhihīnam) - without proper procedure; असृष्टान्नम् (asṛṣṭānnam) - without offering of food; मन्त्रहीनम् (mantrahīnam) - without chants; अदक्षिणम् (adakṣiṇam) - without gifts; श्रद्धाविरहितम् (śraddhāvirahitam) - without faith; यज्ञम् (yajñam) - sacrifice; तामसम् (tāmasam) - ignorant; परिचक्षते (paricakṣate) - is called;]

O best of the Bharatas, know that the sacrifice performed intending fruit, for show, is in the mode of passion.

A sacrifice performed without adherence to the proper procedures, without offering food, without chanting mantras, without giving gifts, and devoid of faith is considered to be in the mode of ignorance.

Gīta Tātparya 17.12 and 13

Those who act without faith in Lord Viṣṇu are driven by unworthy desires and are reborn. If one engages in forbidden actions, they are destined for hell. However, one's own actions in swa-dharma always yield great results.

"यागात्तु राजसात् स्वर्गः साङ्कल्पिक उदाहृतः। लोकः स दीनदेवानां सनाम्नां वासवादिभिः॥

"yāgāttu rājasāt svargaḥ sāṅkalpika udāhṛtaḥ। lokaḥ sa dīnadevānāṃ sanāmnāṃ vāsavādibhiḥ॥

[यागात् (yāgāt) - from sacrifice; तु (tu) - but; राजसात् (rājasāt) - from the royal; स्वर्गः (svargaḥ) - heaven; साङ्कल्पिक (sāṅkalpika) - imaginary; उदाहृतः (udāhṛtaḥ) - is described; लोकः (lokaḥ) - world; स (sa) - that; दीनदेवानां (dīnadevānāṃ) - of the poor gods; सनाम्नां (sanāmnāṃ) - of those with names; वासवादिभिः (vāsavādibhiḥ) - with Indra and others;]

विष्णावश्रद्धयाऽयोग्यकामाच्चैषां पुनर्भवेत्। नरकं च विना यज्ञं राजसा नरलोकगाः॥

viṣṇāvaśraddhayā'yogyakāmāccaiṣāṃ punarbhavet। narakaṃ ca vinā yajñaṃ rājasā naralokagāḥ॥

[विष्णौ (viṣṇau) - in Viṣṇu; अश्रद्धया (aśraddhayā) - without faith; अयोग्य (ayogya) - unworthy; कामात् (kāmāt) - from desire; च (ca) - and; एषाम् (eṣām) - of these; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes; नरकं (narakaṃ) - hell; च (ca) - and; विना (vinā) - without; यज्ञं (yajñaṃ) - sacrifice; राजसा (rājasā) - by passion; नरलोकगाः (naralokagāḥ) - those who go to the world of men;]

निषिद्धं कर्म कुर्युश्चेदीयुस्ते नरकं ध्रुवम्। कदाचित् सात्त्विकाः कुर्युः कर्म राजसतामसम्॥

niṣiddhaṁ karma kuryuścedīyuste narakaṁ dhruvam। kadācit sāttvikāḥ kuryuḥ karma rājasatāmasam॥

[निषिद्धं (niṣiddhaṁ) - forbidden; कर्म (karma) - action; कुर्युḥ (kuryuḥ) - perform; चेत् (cet) - if; ईयुः (īyuḥ) - they go; ते (te) - they; नरकं (narakaṁ) - hell; ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly; कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes; सात्त्विकाः (sāttvikāḥ) - those in the mode of goodness; कुर्युः (kuryuḥ) - perform; कर्म (karma) - action; राजस (rājasa) - in the mode of passion; तामसम् (tāmasam) - in the mode of ignorance;]

अन्येऽन्यच्च तथाप्येषां स्थितिः स्वाभाविकी पुनः। स्वं स्वं कर्म तु सर्वेषां सदैव स्यान्महाफलम्॥ अन्यदल्पफलं चैव बाहुल्यं तेषु लक्षणम्॥

anye'nyacca tathāpyeṣāṃ sthitiḥ svābhāvikī punaḥ। svaṃ svaṃ karma tu sarveṣāṃ sadaiva syānmahāphalam॥ anyadalphaphalaṃ caiva bāhulyaṃ teṣu lakṣaṇam॥

[अन्ये (anye) - others; अन्यत् (anyat) - another; च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - thus; अपि (api) - also; एषाम् (eṣām) - of these; स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - state; स्वाभाविकी (svābhāvikī) - natural; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; स्वम् (svam) - own; स्वम् (svam) - own; कर्म (karma) - action; तु (tu) - but; सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all; सदैव (sadaiva) - always; स्यात् (syāt) - may be; महाफलम् (mahāphalam) - great fruit; अन्यत् (anyat) - another; अल्पफलं (alphaphalaṃ) - small fruit; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; बाहुल्यम् (bāhulyam) - abundance; तेषु (teṣu) - among them; लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - characteristic;]

(Others and another, thus also, the state of these is natural again. Own action of all may always be of great fruit. Another small fruit indeed, abundance among them is characteristic.)

"Heaven as described in royal sacrifices is considered imaginary. It is a realm of the lesser gods, named along with Indra and others. Those who act without faith in Lord Viṣṇu, driven by unworthy desires, are reborn; they go to hell and, without sacrifice, are led by passion to the world of men. If one engages in forbidden actions, they are destined for hell. Occasionally, even those who are virtuous may act out of passion or ignorance. Others and another, thus also, the state of these is natural again. However, one's own actions always yield great results. Another's is characterised by abundance, and small results."

इति पाद्मे॥

iti pādme॥

[इति (iti) - thus; पाद्मे (pādme) - in the Padma Purana;]

- stated thus in the Padma Purana.