The gift that is given at a wrong place and time, to unworthy persons, without respect, or with insult, is declared to be TAMASIC.

adeśa = at an unpurified place; kāle = and unpurified time; yat = that which; dānaṃ = charity; apātrebhyaḥ = to unworthy persons; ca = also; dīyate = is given; asatkṛtaṃ = without respect; avajñātaṃ = without proper attention; tat = that; tāmasaṃ = in the mode of darkness; udāhṛtaṃ = is said to be.;