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Bhagavad Gītā (Kashmirian recension)17.4

17.4
यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः । भूतप्रेतपिशाचांश्च यजन्ते तामसा जनाः ॥ १७-४ ॥
yajante sāttvikā devānyakṣarakṣāṃsi rājasāḥ | bhūtapretapiśācāṃśca yajante tāmasā janāḥ || 17-4 ||
— the sāttvic worship the gods ; — the rājasic, the yakṣas and rākṣasas ; — and the spirits, ghosts, and goblins ; — the tāmasic people worship

The sāttvic worship the gods; the rājasic, the yakṣas and rākṣasas; and the tāmasic people worship the spirits, ghosts, and goblins.