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Chapter 17
Shraddhatrayavibhaga Yoga
4. The luminous ones worship the Divine, the energetic ones worship the Yakshas and the obscure ones worship the dead, spirits, and the intermediate groups.
Bhashya :- The nature of luminous receptivity is explained by mention that which is done through sacrifice etc.
Tatparya Nirnaya :- Those who being pure and receptive consider Sri Vishnu as best of the divine ones those should be considered as the devotees of Sri Vishnu and also those who consider Ramaa, Brahma and others as his devotees. Those who perform actions with which Sri Vishnu is pleased and also please Brahma, Indra and others known as Manus are also blessed by Sri, the presiding deity of knowledge. Those who perform mixed sacrifices, who disbelieve the supremacy of Sri Vishnu, who are receptive to the forms of the Gods without accepting their gradations (taaratamya), should be known as raajasic in nature. Their sacrifices being of lower order they accept Yakshas and Rakshasas in the shape of Brahma, Indra etc. Those who consider Sri Hari similar to other gods or lesser than Him or other gods as Brahman are those whose receptivity is known to be taamasic. The fruits of their sacrifices are received by Shiva, Skanda and such others belonging to the company of Shiva, who are extremely taamasic. The saatvics attain deliverance, the raajasics attain symbolic heaven and the taamasics attain the region of creatures, in that order. The ones who perform sacrifices according to the prescribed rites and rituals and refrain from performing those prohibited by scriptures, they propitiating Sri Vishnu and attain Him, freed from illusory knowledge. In which case, where is the need to say that those who perform according to the scriptural injunctions will surely attain Sri Hari?
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