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Bhagavad Gita 9.23

येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः। तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम्।।

ye ’pyanya-devatā-bhaktā yajante śhraddhayānvitāḥ te ’pi mām eva kaunteya yajantyavidhi-pūrvakam

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
yeyethose who
apiapialthough
anyaanyaother
devatādevatācelestial gods
bhaktāḥbhaktāḥdevotees
yajanteyajanteworship
śhraddhayā anvitāḥśhraddhayā anvitāḥfaithfully
tetethey
apiapialso
māmmāmme
evaevaonly
kaunteyakaunteyaArjun, the son of Kunti
yajantiyajantiworship
avidhi-pūrvakamavidhi-pūrvakamby the wrong method

Even those devotees who, endowed with faith, worship other gods, worship Me alone, O Arjuna, but by the wrong method.

हे कौन्तेय ! श्रद्धा से युक्त जो भक्त अन्य देवताओं को पूजते हैं, वे भी मुझे ही अविधिपूर्वक पूजते हैं।।