BG 17.28

अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत् ।
असदित्युच्यते पार्थ न च तत्प्रेत्य नो इह ॥
aśraddhayā hutaṁ dattaṁ tapas taptaṁ kṛtaṁ ca yat
asad ity ucyate pārtha na ca tat pretya no iha

Word-for-word meanings

pārtha — O son of Pṛthā;  yat — whatever;  hutam — is offered in the sacrificial fire;  dattam — [whatever] is given in charity;  tapaḥ — [whatever] austerity;  taptam — is undertaken;  ca — and;  kṛtam — [whatever other auspicious action] is performed;  aśraddhayā — without faith;  ucyate — is termed;  iti — thus;  asat — as asat [i.e., as worthless];  tat — such [action];  no — [bears no fruit] neither;  iha — in this world;  na ca — nor;  pretya — in the next.

Translation

O son of Pṛthā, whatever is offered in the sacrificial fire, whatever is given in charity, whatever austerity is undertaken, and whatever other auspicious actions are performed without faith, are all termed as asat, or worthless, because they bear no fruit, neither here nor after death.

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