यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः | प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः ||१७-४||
yajante sāttvikā devānyakṣarakṣāṃsi rājasāḥ . pretānbhūtagaṇāṃścānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ ||17-4||
- yajante
- worship
- sāttvikāḥ
- those who are in the mode of goodness
- devān
- demigods
- yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi
- demons
- rājasāḥ
- those who are in the mode of passion
- pretān
- spirits of the dead
- bhūta-gaṇān
- ghosts
- ca
- and
- anye
- others
- yajante
- worship
- tāmasāḥ
- in the mode of ignorance
- janāḥ
- people
Men in the mode of goodness worship the demigods; those in the mode of passion worship the demons; and those in the mode of ignorance worship ghosts and spirits.