Chapter 9, Verse 23
येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः। तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम्।।9.23।।
ye'pyanyadevatā bhaktā yajante śraddhayā'nvitāḥ. te'pi māmeva kaunteya yajantyavidhipūrvakam.।9.23।।
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- ye
- who (plural)
- api
- even, also
- anya-devatāḥ
- other deities
- bhaktāḥ
- devotees, worshippers
- yajante
- they worship
- śraddhayā
- with faith
- anvitāḥ
- endowed with, possessed of
- te
- they
- api
- also, too
- mām
- me
- eva
- only, indeed
- kaunteya
- O son of Kunti (Arjuna)
- yajanti
- they worship
- avidhi-pūrvakam
- in a manner not according to the prescribed rule; incorrectly
Commentary
23. Even those who, devoted to other Gods, worship Them with faith, worship Myself, O son of Kunti, in ignorance.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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