Bhagavad Gita · 17.4
॥
Devanāgarī
यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः ।
प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yajante sāttvikā devān yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi rājasāḥ |
pretān bhūta-gaṇāṁś cānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यजन्तेyajantethey worship.
सात्त्विकाःsāttvikāḥthose in the guṇa of goodness.
देवान्devānthe demigods.
यक्षरक्षांसिyakṣa-rakṣāṁsithe yakṣas and rākṣasas.
राजसाःrājasāḥthose in the guṇa of passion.
प्रेतान्pretānthe spirits of the dead, ghosts.
भूतगणान् च अन्येbhūta-gaṇān ca anyeand other nature spirits.
यजन्तेyajanteworship.
तामसाः जनाःtāmasāḥ janāḥpeople in the guṇa of ignorance.
Translation
“People in the guṇa of goodness worship the demigods; those in the guṇa of passion worship the yakṣas and rākṣasas; and people in the guṇa of ignorance worship the spirits of the dead and ghosts.”
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