The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.41.3

6.41.3

nanu “śraddhāvitto bhūtvātmanyevātmānaṃ paśyet” iti śraddhāyā ātmadarśane sādhaneṣvantaraṅgatvamucyate, kathaṃ tasyā rājasatvaṃ tāmasatvaṃ cocyata ityata āha -- sattveti | prākkarmasaṃskāropataṃ yādṛśaṃ buddhisattvaṃ sāttvikaṃ rājasaṃ tāmasaṃ vā tadanurūpaiva sāttvikyādirūpā devatādipūjāsu phalāvaśyambhāvaniścayātmikā śraddhāpi bhavati | tathāyaṃ puruṣo'pi śraddhāmayaḥ śraddhāpradhāno yo yacchraddho, yo yayā śraddhayopetaḥ sa eva sa iti sāttvikyā śraddhayopetaḥ sāttvika eva, rājasyā rājasastāmasyā tāmasa iti | evaṃ sati yadi tātakūpabhaktaḥ pūrvapuṇyavaśāttātaṃ devavanmanyate, tarhi taṃ sāttvikaṃ puṇḍarīkamiva devā anugṛhṇanti nityakarmatyāganimittamapi doṣamasyāpanudanti | yadi tvenaṃ mantrādinā siddhaṃ pūrvavāsanāvaśādyakṣādirūpaṃ manyate tadā taṃ rājasaṃ rājasā yakṣā evānugṛhṇanti | nāsya kāmakāravato nityakarmatyāgajaṃ doṣamapanetumarhanti | nahi devatāparādhī yakṣaistrātuṃ śakyate | yadi tvayaṃ pretaḥ pitā matkuṭumbaṃ mābādhiṣṭeti sarvaṃ dharmaṃ tyaktvā enamasya priyaṃ kūpaṃ pūjayāmīti manyate tadāṃ taṃ pitari pretatvabuddhiyogādviparyastaṃ tāmasaṃ pretā evānugṛhṇanti kṣudrabhogairdevāśca narake pātayanti ||