अर्जुन उवाच |\nये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः |\nतेषां निष्ठा तु का कृष्ण सत्त्वमाहो रजस्तमः ||१७-१||
arjuna uvāca .\nye śāstravidhimutsṛjya yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ .\nteṣāṃ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa sattvamāho rajastamaḥ ||17-1||
Arjun said: O Krishna, where do they stand who disregard the injunctions of the scriptures, but still worship with faith? Is their faith in the mode of goodness, passion, or ignorance?