Chapter 17 · Verse 4The Three Divisions of Faith
Bhagavad Gita 17.4
BG 17.4 — Chapter 17 (The Three Divisions of Faith), Verse 4, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः | प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः ||१७-४||
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yajante sāttvikā devānyakṣarakṣāṃsi rājasāḥ . pretānbhūtagaṇāṃścānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ ||17-4||
Roman: yajante sattvika devanyaksharakshamsi rajasah . pretanbhutaganamshcanye yajante tamasa janah
The Sattvic or the pure men worship the gods; the Rajasic or the passionate worship the Yakshas and the Rakshasas; the others (the Tamasic or the deluded people) worship the ghosts and the hosts of the nature-spirits.