Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3, Verse 16

एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः | अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति ||

evaṁ pravartitaṁ cakraṁ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ aghāyur indriyārāmo moghaṁ pārtha sa jīvati

One who does not follow the cycle thus set in motion, O Arjuna, lives a sinful life, indulging in the senses, and lives in vain.

Krishna delivers a stark verdict: break the cycle of reciprocity (yajna), live in vain (mogham). When you live purely for sense gratification (indriyārāma) without contributing back, your existence becomes 'aghāyuḥ'—a wasted life. This isn't moral judgment but existential truth: pure consumption without contribution leaves you fundamentally empty. You may be successful, comfortable, even happy, but if life is only about what you extract, you're not truly living—just existing.