Chapter-17 : THE YOGA OF THE DIVISION OF THE THREEFOLD FAITH
Summary of Seventeenth Discourse
Arjuna Uvaacha
Ye shaastravidhimutsrijya yajante shraddhayaanvitaah; Teshaam nishthaa tu kaa krishna sattwamaaho rajastamah.
Arjuna said
1. Those who, setting aside the ordinances of the scriptures, perform sacrifice with faith,
what is their condition, O Krishna? Is it that of Sattwa, Rajas or Tamas?
COMMENTARY
This discourse deals with the three kinds of faith, according to one’s
inherent nature—Sattwic, Rajasic or Tamasic.