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Krishna

17.4 यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः।प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः

yajante sāttvikā devānyakṣarakṣāṃsi rājasāḥ | pretānbhūtagaṇāṃścānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ

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yajante—worship;sāttvikāḥ—those in the mode of goodness;devān—celestial gods;yakṣha—semi-celestial beings who exude power and wealth;rakṣhānsi—powerful beings who embody sensual enjoyment, revenge, and wrath;rājasāḥ—those in the mode of passion;pretān-bhūta-gaṇān—ghosts and spirits;cha—and;anye—others;yajante—worship;tāmasāḥ—those in the mode of ignorance;janāḥ—persons

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

The men of the Sattva strand perform sacrifices intending for the gods; the men of the Rajas strand do so for the spirits and demons; and the men of the Tamas strand perform sacrifices intending for the imps, the dead, and the ghosts.

Shri Purohit Swami

The Pure worship the true God; the Passionate, the powers of wealth and magic; the Ignorant, the spirits of the dead and of the lower orders of nature.

Swami Adidevananda

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.

Swami Gambirananda

Those having the sattva quality worship the gods; those having rajas, the demi-gods and ogres; and other people possessed of tamas worship ghosts and the hosts of spirits.

Swami Sivananda

The Sattwic or pure men worship the gods; the Rajasic or the passionate worship the Yakshas and the Rakshasas; the others (the Tamasic or the deluded) worship the ghosts and the hosts of nature-spirits.

Krishna

17.6 कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः।मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान्

karṣayantaḥ śarīrasthaṃ bhūtagrāmamacetasaḥ | māṃ caivāntaḥśarīrasthaṃ tānviddhyāsuraniścayān

Word meanings

karṣhayantaḥ—torment;śharīra-stham—within the body;bhūta-grāmam—elements of the body;achetasaḥ—senseless;mām—me;cha—and;eva—even;antaḥ—within;śharīra-stham—dwelling in the body;tān—them;viddhi—know;āsura-niśhchayān—of demoniacal resolves

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Those who unintelligently emaciate the conglomeration of elements in their physical body and emaciate Me, dwelling within the physical body—know them to be of a demoniac resolve.

Shri Purohit Swami

They are ignorant. They torment the organs of the body; and they harass Me also, Who lives within. Know that they are devoted to evil.

Swami Adidevananda

These foolish men, torturing the group of elements in their bodies and Me also who dwell within the body - know them to be demoniacal in their resolves.

Swami Gambirananda

(And who,) being non-discriminating, torture, all the organs in the body as also even Me who reside in the body,-know them as possessed of demoniacal conviction.

Swami Sivananda

Senseless, torturing all the elements in the body and Me also, who dwells in the body,–know thou these to be of demoniacal resolves.

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17.5 अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः।दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः

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aśhāstra-vihitam—not enjoined by the scriptures;ghoram—stern;tapyante—perform;ye—who;tapaḥ—austerities;janāḥ—people;dambha—hypocrisy;ahankāra—egotism;sanyuktāḥ—possessed of;kāma—desire;rāga—attachment;bala—force;anvitāḥ—impelled by

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Those men who practise terrible austerities not as enjoined in the scriptures, who are bound by hypocrisy and conceit, and are impelled by the force of passion for desired objects;

Shri Purohit Swami

Those who practise austerities not commanded by scripture, who are slaves to hypocrisy and egotism, who are carried away by the fury of desire and passion,

Swami Adidevananda

Those men who practise terrible austerity not enjoined by the Sastras, given to ostentation and conceit, and prompted by the force of sensual desires and passion;

Swami Gambirananda

Those persons who, given to ostentation and pride, and possessed of passion, attachment and strength, undertake severe austerities not sanctioned in the scriptures;

Swami Sivananda

Those men who practise terrific austerities not enjoined by the scriptures, given to hypocrisy and egoism, impelled by the force of lust and attachment,