| 1. Arjuna said:Whoso
worship, setting aside the ordinance of the scripture, endued with faith,what
faith is theirs ? Is it Sattva, or Rajas, or Tamas ?Whoso: not exactly specified.
It must refer to those who, endued with faith, i.e·, thinking that there
is some thing beyond,on observing the conduct of the learned, worship the
Gods and the like, unaware of the procedure laid down in the scriptures,
the sruti and the smriti. Those, on the other hand, who while knowing the
injunctions of the scripture, set them aside and worship the Gods, etc contrary
to those injunctions; they cannot indeed be meant here, be. cause of the
qualification that they are endued with faith. We cannot suppose that those
men are endued with faith who, while knowing the scriptural injunctions
about the worship of the Gods, etc set them aside, without caring for them,
and engage in the worship of the Gods which is not in accordance with the
injunction. Therefore it is only the persons of the other class described
above that are here refer red to. Arjunas question may be thus stated: Is
the worship offered by them to the Gods, etc based in Sattva, or Rajas,
or Tamas ? |
