1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 17 - Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 4

he god 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 4

Rama giving his padukas to Bharata

Yajante sattvikah devan yaksha rakshamsi rajasah I

Pretan bhuta ganan cha anye yajante tamasa janah II sloka 4

यजन्ते  सात्त्विकाः देवान्  यक्षा रक्षांसि राजसः I 

प्रेतान् भूत गणान् च अन्ये यजन्ते तामसाः जनाः II श्लोक 4

Sattvika men worship the devas; Rajasika the yakshas and the rakshasas; the others - the tamasika men - the pretas and hosts of bhutas

Men comingle with men in accordance with the their temperament and disposition. It is but natural that the good associate with the good, and the bad with the bad. This classification goes on in the realm of worship as well. The sattvika group takes on the adoration of the Paramatman The Rajasia type attribute to the deity characteristics of their own. Revenge, wrath and vandalism - these are the traits attirbuted by Rajasika men to their gods whom they worship ardently/ The tamasika men  are lazy and ignorant. Theri concept of godhood is in tune with their disposition. The god they worship is a wild deity that delights in hurting and teasing people.

The sattvika men are few in number. The others are in a majority. Their ways are described in the next sloka