The entire content of this mail is from Shri V N Gopala Desikan's Srimad Bhagavad Gita, published by Vishishtadvaita Research Centre, Chennai and The Bhagavad Gita by Swami Chidbhavananda published by Ramakrishna Mission
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1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 17 - Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 1
Arjuna Avacha
Ye shastra vidhim utsrujya yajante shraddhaya anvitah I
Tesham nishta tu ka krishna sattvam aho rajah tamah II sloka 1
अर्जुन उवाच ये शास्त्र विधिं उत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धया अन्वितः I
तेषां निश्त तु क कृष्ण सत्त्वं अहो रजः तमः II श्लोक 1
Arjuna said
What is tha nture of devotion of those, O Krishna, who tough disregarding the ordinance of the shastras, perform sacrifice with shraddha?Is it one of sattva, rajas or tamas?
Arjuna is obliged to raise this question for obvious reasons. There are people who are very earnest about pursuing the path of self-perfection. To that extent therefore, they are free from lust, anger and greed. They are not of the demoniacal type. Their knowledge of the scriptural ordinances is very meagre, though they are not antipathic to it. Circumstances do not permit their acquiring accurate and elaborate knowledge of the scriptures.They pursue the right path being propmted by their pure motive. Is their earnestness to be regarded as sattvik which takes them upward, or as rajasik which keeps them as they are, or Tamasik which pushes them downward?
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