Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]Sattvic men worship the Gods; Rajasic, the Yakshas and the Rakshasas; the others — Tamasic men — the Pretas and the hosts of Bhutas.
BG 17.4
यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान् यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः । प्रेतान् भूतगणांश् चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः ॥
yajante sāttvikā devān yakṣa-rakṣāṃsi rājasāḥ | pretān bhūta-gaṇāṃś cānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ ||
"Sāttvic worship Devas; rājasic worship Yakṣas/Rākṣasas; tāmasic worship pretas and bhūta-hosts."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]Sattvika men worship the Devas; Rajasika, the Yakshas and the Rakshasas; the others — the Tamasika men — the Pretas and the hosts of Bhutas.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]Sattvic people worship the gods; rajasic, the Yakshas and Rakshasas; the others, the tamasic people, worship departed spirits and the hosts of Bhutas.
K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)
[13]They that are of the quality of goodness worship the gods; they that are of the quality of passion, the Yakshas and the Rakshasas; other people that are of the quality of darkness worship departed spirits and hosts of Bhutas.