अर्जुन उवाच | ये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः | तेषां निष्ठा तु का कृष्ण सत्त्वमाहो रजस्तमः ||१७-१||
arjuna uvāca . ye śāstravidhimutsṛjya yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ . teṣāṃ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa sattvamāho rajastamaḥ ||17-1||
- arjunaḥ uvāca
- Arjuna said
- ye
- those who
- śāstra-vidhim
- the regulations of scripture
- utsṛjya
- giving up
- yajante
- worship
- śraddhayā
- full faith
- anvitāḥ
- possessed of
- teṣām
- of them
- niṣṭhā
- the faith
- tu
- but
- kā
- what
- kṛṣṇa
- O Kṛṣṇa
- sattvam
- in goodness
- āho
- or else
- rajaḥ
- in passion
- tamaḥ
- in ignorance
Arjuna inquired: O Kṛṣṇa, what is the situation of those who do not follow the principles of scripture but worship according to their own imagination? Are they in goodness, in passion or in ignorance?