ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 17, Slok 4

Text

ಯಜನ್ತೇ ಸಾತ್ತ್ವಿಕಾ ದೇವಾನ್ಯಕ್ಷರಕ್ಷಾಂಸಿ ರಾಜಸಾಃ | ಪ್ರೇತಾನ್ಭೂತಗಣಾಂಶ್ಚಾನ್ಯೇ ಯಜನ್ತೇ ತಾಮಸಾ ಜನಾಃ ||೧೭-೪||

Transliteration

yajante sāttvikā devānyakṣarakṣāṃsi rājasāḥ . pretānbhūtagaṇāṃścānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ ||17-4||

Meanings

17.4 The Sattvika types worship the gods. The Rajasa types worship Yaksas and Raksasas. And the others, the Tamasa types, worship the departed ancestors and hosts of Bhutas. - Adi