Capitol 17, Slok 4
Text
yajante sAttvikA devAnyakSarakSAMsi rAjasAH | pretAnbhUtagaNAMzcAnye yajante tAmasA janAH ||17-4||
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