Know that sacrifice to be rajasic, O best of the Bharatas, which is performed with expectation of fruit, or for show.

The rajasic sacrifice is exposed by its motivation: abhisandhāya phalam — with the expectation of specific results. The sacrifice is performed as a transaction: I give this, I expect that. This includes not only the desire for material reward but also dambhārtham — for the sake of show, to display one's piety, to accumulate social respect and spiritual reputation. Both motivations — craving results and craving admiration — corrupt the sacrifice at its core, because both make the act fundamentally about the self. The outer form may be impeccable while the inner act is entirely self-serving. This is perhaps the most common distortion of religious practice: the ritual is correct, the execution is correct, the audience is correct — only the heart is absent.