विषयानभिसन्धाय यश ऐश्वर्यमेव वा । अर्चादावर्चयेद्यो मां पृथग्भाव: स राजस: ॥ ९ ॥
visayan abhisandhaya yasa aisvaryam eva va arcadav arcayed yo mam prthag-bhavah sa rajasah
- visayan
- sense objects
- abhisandhaya
- aiming at
- yasah
- fame
- aisvaryam
- opulence
- eva
- indeed
- va
- or
- arca-adau
- in worship of the Deity and so on
- arcayet
- may worship
- yah
- he who
- mam
- Me
- prthak-bhavah
- a separatist
- sah
- he
- rajasah
- in the mode of passion.
The worship of Deities in the temple by a separatist, with a motive for material enjoyment, fame and opulence, is devotion in the mode of passion.