{
  "book_title": "Bhagavad-gītā As It Is",
  "chapter": 17,
  "verse": 22,
  "reference": "Bg 17.22",
  "devanagari": "अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते\nअसत्कृतमवज्ञातं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्",
  "transliteration": "adeśa-kāle yad dānam\napātrebhyaś ca dīyate\nasat-kṛtam avajñātaṁ\ntat tāmasam udāhṛtam",
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "adesa",
      "meanings": [
        "unpurified place"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "kāle",
      "meanings": [
        "unpurified time"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "yat",
      "meanings": [
        "that which is"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "dānam",
      "meanings": [
        "charity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "apātrebhyaḥ",
      "meanings": [
        "to unworthy persons"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "ca",
      "meanings": [
        "also"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "dīyate",
      "meanings": [
        "is given"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "asatkṛtam",
      "meanings": [
        "without respect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "avajñātam",
      "meanings": [
        "without proper attention"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "tat",
      "meanings": [
        "that"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "tāmasam",
      "meanings": [
        "in the mode of darkness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "udāhṛtam",
      "meanings": [
        "is said to be."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translation": "<b>And charity performed at an improper place and time and given to unworthy persons without respect and with contempt is charity in the mode of ignorance.</b>",
  "purport": [
    "Contributions for indulgence in intoxication and gambling are not encouraged here. That sort of contribution is in the mode of ignorance. Such charity is not beneficial; rather, sinful persons are encouraged. Similarly, if a person gives charity to a suitable person without respect and without attention, that sort of charity is also said to be in the mode of darkness."
  ]
}