Text 41
The Divisions of Earth
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one’s heart is in the mode of goodness, his faith is also in the mode of goodness. If his heart is in the mode of passion, his faith is also in the mode of passion. And if his heart is in the mode of darkness, illusion, his faith is also thus contaminated. Thus we find different types of faith in this world, and there are different types of religions due to different types of faith. The real principle of religious faith is situated in the mode of pure goodness, but because the heart is tainted, we find different types of religious principles. Thus according to different types of faith, there are different kinds of worship.
Text 4
यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः । प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः ॥ ४ ॥
yajante sāttvikā devān 
    yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi rājasāḥ 
    pretān bhūta-gaṇāṁś cānye 
    yajante tāmasā janāḥ
yajante —worship;  sāttvikāḥ —those who are in the mode of goodness;  devān —demigods;  yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi   rājasāḥ —those who are in the mode of passion worship demons;  pretān —dead spirits;  bhūta-gaṇān —ghosts;  ca anye —and others;  yajante —worship;  tāmasāḥ —in the mode of ignorance;  janāḥ —people.
TRANSLATION
Men in the mode of goodness worship the demigods; those in the mode of passion worship the demons; and those in the mode of ignorance worship ghosts and spirits.
PURPORT
In this verse the Supreme Personality of Godhead describes different kinds of worshipers according to their external activities. According to scriptural injunction, only the Supreme Personality of Godhead is worshipable, but those who are not very conversant with, or faithful to, the scriptural injunctions worship different objects, according to their