यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः |\nप्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः ||१७-४||
yajante sāttvikā devānyakṣarakṣāṃsi rājasāḥ .\npretānbhūtagaṇāṃścānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ ||17-4||
Those in the mode of goodness worship the celestial gods; those in the mode of passion worship the yakṣhas and rākṣhasas; those in the mode of ignorance worship ghosts and spirits.