Bhagavad Gita 9.15 meaningThe open secret
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Others love me by trying to understand me.”
What it means
“Others worship me through the offering of knowledge — as the one, as the many, or as the one appearing in countless forms.”
The original Sanskrit
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते । एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम् ॥
jñānayajñena cāpyanye yajanto māmupāsate ekatvena pṛthaktvena bahudhā viśvatomukham
Translations
Literal translation
Others verily worship Me by adoring exclusively through the sacrifice of the knowledge of oneness; (others worship Me) multifariously, and (others) as the multiformed existing variously.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
कोई मुझे ज्ञानयज्ञ के द्वारा पूजन करते हुए एकत्वभाव से उपासते हैं, कोई पृथक भाव से, कोई बहुत प्रकार से मुझ विराट स् वरूप (विश्वतो मुखम्) को उपासते हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
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