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arjuna uvāca ye śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ teṣāṁ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa sattvam āho rajas tamaḥ

Arjuna inquired: O Kṛṣṇa, what is the situation of those who do not follow the principles of scripture but worship …

In the Fourth Chapter, thirty-ninth verse, it is said that a person faithful to a particular type of worship gradually …

śrī-bhagavān uvāca tri-vidhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṁ sā svabhāva-jā sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṁ śṛṇu

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: According to the modes of nature acquired by the embodied soul, one’s faith can …

Those who know the rules and regulations of the scriptures but out of laziness or indolence give up following these …

sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata śraddhā-mayo ’yaṁ puruṣo yo yac-chraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ

O son of Bharata, according to one’s existence under the various modes of nature, one evolves a particular kind of …

Everyone has a particular type of faith, regardless of what he is. But his faith is considered good, passionate or …

The word śraddhā, or “faith,” is very significant in this verse. Śraddhā, or faith, originally comes out of the mode …

yajante sāttvikā devān yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi rājasāḥ pretān bhūta-gaṇāṁś cānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ

Men in the mode of goodness worship the demigods; those in the mode of passion worship the demons; and those …

In this verse the Supreme Personality of Godhead describes different kinds of worshipers according to their external activities. According to …

Now, it is clearly described here that those who are in the mode of passion worship and create such gods, …

The impersonalists are supposed to be situated in the mode of goodness, and they worship five kinds of demigods. They …

aśāstra-vihitaṁ ghoraṁ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ dambhāhaṅkāra-saṁyuktāḥ kāma-rāga-balānvitāḥ

karṣayantaḥ śarīra-sthaṁ bhūta-grāmam acetasaḥ māṁ caivāntaḥ śarīra-sthaṁ tān viddhy āsura-niścayān

Those who undergo severe austerities and penances not recommended in the scriptures, performing them out of pride and egoism, who …

There are persons who manufacture modes of austerity and penance which are not mentioned in the scriptural injunctions. For instance, …

āhāras tv api sarvasya tri-vidho bhavati priyaḥ yajñas tapas tathā dānaṁ teṣāṁ bhedam imaṁ śṛṇu