SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 17 Text 28
asraddhaya hutam dattam
tapas taptam krtam ca yat
asad ity ucyate partha
na ca tat pretya no iha

asraddhaya--without faith; hutam--offered in sacrifice; dattam--given; tapah--penance; taptam--executed; krtam--performed; ca--also; yat--that which; asat--false; iti--thus; ucyate--is said to be; partha--O son of Prtha; na--never; ca--also; tat--that; pretya--after death; na u--nor; iha--in this life.

TRANSLATION

Anything done as sacrifice, charity or penance without faith in the Supreme, O son of Prtha, is impermanent. It is called asat and is useless both in this life and the next.

JOURNAL:

Srila Prabhupada ends his purport to this sloka (and ends this chapter) with this statement; To achieve success in this way, one must first find the proper spiritual master and receive training under his direction. Then one can achieve faith in the Supreme. When that faith matures, in course of time, it is called love of God. This love is the ultimate goal of the living entities. One should therefore take to Krsna consciousness directly. That is the message of this Seventeenth Chapter.