17.1

Sanskrit · Devanagari

अर्जुन उवाच। ये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः। तेषां निष्ठा तु का कृष्ण सत्त्वमाहो रजस्तमः ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

arjuna uvāca ye śāstravidhimutsṛjya yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ teṣāṃ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa sattvamāho rajastamaḥ

What is the state of those, O Kṛṣṇa ! who worship with faith, (but) abandoning scripture ordinances—goodness, passion, or darkness?

This verse-level alignment is machine-assisted and awaits two independent human checks. Confidence signal: 20%.