Bhagavad Gita 9.23 meaningThe open secret
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Even people who pray to other forms of God are really praying to me.”
What it means
“Even those who devotedly worship other gods with faith are really worshipping me, though not in the clearest way.”
The original Sanskrit
येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः । तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम् ॥
ye.apyanyadevatābhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ te.api māmeva kaunteya yajantyavidhipūrvakam
Translations
Literal translation
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.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
हे कौन्तेय ! श्रद्धा से युक्त जो भक्त अन्य देवताओं को पूजते हैं, वे भी मुझे ही अविधिपूर्वक पूजते हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
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