Question: In Bhagavad Gītā 17. 22, Kṛṣṇa says that charity, dāna, performed “adeśa-kāle,” at the “wrong place and time,” is dāna dominated by tamas. After having looked through different commentaries (Rāmānuja, Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, and Śrīdhara Svāmī), I could not understand what Kṛṣṇa means by “wrong place and time.” Śrīdhara Svāmī mentions aśucisthane, an unclean place, but how can