Chapter 17, Verse 4
यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः। प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः।।17.4।।
yajante sāttvikā devānyakṣarakṣāṃsi rājasāḥ. pretānbhūtagaṇāṃścānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ.17.4.
Word by word
- यजन्ते
- worship/sacrifice to
- सात्त्विकाः
- those of sattva (goodness) nature
- देवान्
- gods/deities (accusative plural)
- यक्षरक्षांसि
- yakshas and rakshasas (demigods and demons)
- राजसाः
- those of rajas (passion) nature
- प्रेतान्
- departed spirits/ghosts
- भूतगणान्
- hosts of elemental beings/spirits
- च
- and
- अन्ये
- others
- यजन्ते
- worship/sacrifice to
- तामसाः
- those of tamas (ignorance) nature
- जनाः
- people
Commentary
4. Sattvic men worship the Gods ; Rajasic the Yakshas * and the Rakshasas ; the others — Tamasic men, — the Pretas and the hosts of Bhutas.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यजन्ते
सात्त्विकाः
देवान्
यक्षरक्षांसि
राजसाः
प्रेतान्
भूतगणान्
च
अन्ये
यजन्ते
तामसाः
जनाः
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