Bhagavad Gita · Shraddhatraya Vibhaga YogaAdhyaay 17, Shloka 4 (17.4)
Mool Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान् यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः
प्रेतान् भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः
॥ 17.4 ॥
yajante sāttvikā devān yakṣarakṣāṃsi rājasāḥ
pretān bhūtagaṇāṃścānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ
Anuvaad
"Saattvik log devtaaon ko poojte hain, raajas log yaksh-raakshason ko, aur anya taamas log preton aur bhoot-ganon ko poojte hain."
Bhaavaarth
Shankaracharya. pretān bhūtagaṇāṃś ca saptamātṛkādīṃś ca; kaścid eva sahasreṣu devapūjādiparaḥ sattvaniṣṭho bhavati — hazaaron mein koi ek saattvik.
Aacharya Ramanuja. duḥkhāsaṃbhinnotkṛṣṭasukhahetubhūtadevayāgaviṣayā śraddhā sāttvikī — dukh-rahit uttam sukh ki or le jaane wali shraddha saattvik; duḥkhaprāyā atyalpasukhajananī (tāmasī; corpus spells it tāsamī).
Shreedhar Swami. sattvādiprakṛtīnāṃ tattaddevatānāṃ tu pūjārucibhis tattatpūjakānāṃ sāttvikatvādi jñātavyam — pooja ki ruchi se poojak ke gun ka anumaan.
Madhusoodan Saraswati. Devta ke udaaharan: saattvik — rudrādīn; raajas — yakṣān kuberādīn (Kuber aadi yaksh) aur Nirriti jaise raakshas; aur pret = viprādayaḥ svadharmāt pracyutā dehapātād ūrdhvaṃ — apne dharm se gire log, marne ke baad.