Do you know who you worship? || Acharya Prashant, on Bhagavad Gita (2020)

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Video Information: Shastra Kaumudi Live, 29.05.2020, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Context:
सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत।
श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः ॥

The Sraddha of each is according to his natural disposition, O, descendant of Bharata. The man consists of his Sraddha; he verily is what his Sraddha is.
~Shrimad Bhagavad Gita (Chapter-17, Verse-3)

यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः ।
प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः ॥

Sättvika men worship the Devas; Rājasika, the Yaksas and the Rākşasas; the others--the Tamasika men-worship the Pretas and the hosts of Bhūtas.
~Shrimad Bhagavad Gita (Chapter-17, Verse-4)

अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः ।
दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः ॥

Those men who practice severe austerities not enjoined by the Sastras, given to ostentation and egoism,
~Shrimad Bhagavad Gita (Chapter-17, Verse-5)

कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः ।
मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान् ॥

endowed with the power of lust and attachment, torture, senseless as they are, all the organs in the body, and Me dwelling in the body within; know them to be of Åsurika resolve.
~Shrimad Bhagavad Gita (Chapter-17, Verse-6)

~ How do I identify who I am worshipping?
~ What does it mean to worship?
~ What is the relation between achievement and worship?
~ What is the role of sacrifice in worship?
~ How to find the object of utmost value in life?

Music Credits: Milind Date