BG 17.1
अर्जुन उवाच
ये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः ।
तेषां निष्ठा तु का कृष्ण सत्त्वमाहो रजस्तमः ॥
ये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः ।
तेषां निष्ठा तु का कृष्ण सत्त्वमाहो रजस्तमः ॥
arjuna uvāca
ye śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ
teṣāṁ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa sattvam āho rajas tamaḥ
ye śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ
teṣāṁ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa sattvam āho rajas tamaḥ
Word-for-word meanings
arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna inquired; kṛṣṇa — O Kṛṣṇa; kā — what is; niṣṭhā — the conviction; teṣām — of those; ye — who; tu — although; anvitāḥ — endowed; śraddhayā — with faith; yajante — engage in worship; utsṛjya — while setting aside; śāstra-vidhim — the injunctions of scripture; sattvam — [is it of the nature of] sattva; rajaḥ — rajas; āho — or; tamaḥ — tamas.
Translation
Arjuna inquired: O Kṛṣṇa, what is the conviction of those who, although endowed with faith, engage in worship while setting aside the injunctions of scripture? Is it of the nature of sattva, rajas, or tamas?