9.23 येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः। तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम्
ye'py
Word meanings
ye—those who;api—although;anya—other;devatā—celestial gods;bhaktāḥ—devotees;yajante—worship;śhraddhayā anvitāḥ—faithfully;te—they;api—also;mām—Me;eva—only;kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti;yajanti—worship;avidhi-pūrvakam—by the wrong method
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O son of Kunti! Even those who are devotees of other gods and worship them with faith, worship Me alone, but following non-injunctive practices.
Even those who worship the lesser Powers, if they do so with faith, they thereby worship Me, though not in the right way.
Even those who are devoted to other divinities with faith in their hearts, worship Me alone, O Arjuna, though not as sanctioned by the Sastras.
Even those who, being devoted to other deities and endowed with faith, worship (them), they also, O son of Kunti, worship Me alone (though) following the wrong method.
Even those devotees who, endowed with faith, worship other gods, worship Me only, O Arjuna, but by the wrong method!
9.25 यान्ति देवव्रता देवान् पितॄन्यान्ति पितृव्रताः। भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्
yānti deva
Word meanings
yānti—go;deva-vratāḥ—worshipers of celestial gods;devān—amongst the celestial gods;pitṝīn—to the ancestors;yānti—go;pitṛi-vratā—worshippers of ancestors;bhūtāni—to the ghosts;yānti—go;bhūta-ijyāḥ—worshippers of ghosts;yānti—go;mat—my;yājinaḥ—devotees;api—and;mām—to Me
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The devotees of the gods attain the gods; the devotees of the ancestors attain the ancestors; those who perform sacrifices for the spirits attain the spirits; and those who perform sacrifices for Me attain Me.
The votaries of the lesser Powers go to them; the devotees of spirits go to them; they who worship the Powers of Darkness, to such Powers shall they go; and so, too, those who worship Me shall come to Me.
Devotees of gods go to the gods. The manes-worshippers go to the manes. The worshippers of Bhutas go to the Bhutas. And those who worship Me come to Me.
Votaries of the gods reach the gods; the votaries of the manes go to the manes; the worshippers of the Beings reach the Beings; and those who worship Me reach Me.
The worshippers of the gods go to them; to the manes go the ancestor-worshippers; to the Deities who preside over the elements go their worshippers; My devotees come to Me.
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राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग
Chapter 9: Royal Wisdom, Royal Secret
rājavidyārājaguhyayoga
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9.24 अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च। न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते
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Word meanings
aham—I;hi—verily;sarva—of all;yajñānām—sacrifices;bhoktā—the enjoyer;cha—and;prabhuḥ—the Lord;eva—only;cha—and;na—not;tu—but;mām—Me;abhijānanti—realize;tattvena—divine nature;ataḥ—therefore;chyavanti—fall down (wander in samsara);te—they
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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For I am the enjoyer and the Lord of all sacrifices, yet they do not recognize Me correctly and thus they turn away.
I am the willing recipient of sacrifice, and I am its true Lord. But these do not know me in truth, and so they sink back.
For, I am the only enjoyer and the only Lord of all sacrifices. They do not recognise Me in My true nature; hence they fall.
I indeed am the enjoyer as also the Lord of all sacrifices; but they do not know Me in reality. Therefore they fall.
(For) I alone am the enjoyer and also the Lord of all sacrifices; but they do not know Me in essence (in reality), and hence they fall (return to this mortal world).
