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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17 - Verse 4

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|| Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya | Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya | Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya | Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya ||

Chapter 17 -- Verse 4
Verse: yajante sāttvikā devānyakṣarakṣāṃsi rājasāḥ |
pretānbhūtagaṇāṃścānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ ||

यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः ।
 प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः ॥

Translation: The SATTWIC , or "pure" men, worship the gods (DEVAS) ; the RAJASIC or the "passionate, " the YAKSHAS and the RAKSHASAS; the others --- TAMASIC people, or the "dark or dull" folk, worship the ghosts (PRETAS) and the hosts of BHUTAS, or the nature/spirits.

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