CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
The Divisions of Faith
TEXT 1
अर्जुन उबाच ॥
ये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः ।
तेषां निष्ठा तु का कृष्ण सत्त्वमाहो रजस्तमः ॥ १ ॥
arjuna uvāca
ye śāstra-vidhim utsrjya
ya  jante śraddhayānvitāḥ
teşām  nişthā tu kā krṣṇa
sat  t v a m ā h o r a j a s t a m a h i
arjunaḥ uvāca —Arjuna said;  ye —those;  śāstra-vidhim —the regulations of scripture;  utsṛjya —giving up;  yajante —worships;  śraddhayā —full faith;  anvitāḥ —possessed of;  teṣām —of them;  niṣṭhā —faith;  tu —but;  kā —what is that;  kṛṣṇa —O Kṛṣṇa;  sattvam —in goodness;  āho —said;  rajaḥ —in passion;  tamaḥ —in ignorance.
751