रज:सत्त्वतमोनिष्ठा रज:सत्त्वतमोजुष: । उपासत इन्द्रमुख्यान् देवादीन् न यथैव माम् ॥ ३२ ॥
rajaḥ-sattva-tamo-niṣṭhā rajaḥ-sattva-tamo-juṣaḥ upāsata indra-mukhyān devādīn na yathaiva mām
- rajaḥ
- in the mode of passion
- sattva
- goodness
- tamaḥ
- or ignorance
- niṣṭhāḥ
- established
- rajaḥ
- passion
- sattva
- goodness
- tamaḥ
- or ignorance
- juṣaḥ
- who manifest
- upāsate
- they worship
- indra-mukhyān
- headed by Lord Indra
- deva-ādīn
- the demigods and other deities
- na
- but not
- yathā eva
- in the proper way
- mām
- Me
Those established in material passion, goodness and ignorance worship the particular demigods and other deities, headed by Indra, who manifest the same modes of passion, goodness or ignorance. They fail, however, to properly worship Me.