yada -- when; asishah -- benedictions; asasya -- hoping for; mam -- Me; bhajeta -- a person worships; sva-karmabhih -- by his duties; tam -- that; rajah-prakritim -- a person situated in the mode of passion; vidyat -- one should understand; himsam -- violence; asasya -- hoping for; tamasam -- a person in the mode of ignorance.

When a person worships Me by his prescribed duties with the hope of gaining material benefit, his nature should be understood to be in passion, and one who worships Me with the desire to commit violence against others is in ignorance.