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Bhagavad Gita · 9.25 · Yoga through the King of Sciences·25 of 34

यान्ति देवव्रता देवान् पितृ़न्यान्ति पितृव्रताःभूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्

yānti deva-vratā devān pitṝīn yānti pitṛi-vratāḥ

bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti mad-yājino ’pi mām

Sanskrit recitation

How people reach for God · 9.11–9.25 · Teaching

Translation

The worshippers of the gods go to them; the ancestor-worshippers go to the manes; the worshippers of the deities who preside over the elements go to them; but My devotees come to Me.

Meaning

The worshippers of the manes such as the Agnisvattas who perform Sraaddha and other rites in devotion to their ancestors go to the manes. Those who worship the gods with devotion and vows go to them.Bhutas are elemental beings lower than the gods but higher than human beigns they are the Vinayakas, the hosts of Matris, the four Bhaginis and the like.Those who devote themselves to the gods attain the form of those gods at death. Similar is the fate of those who worship the manes (their own ancestors) or the Bhutas. The fruit of the worship is in accordance with the knowledge, faith, offering and nature of worship of the devotee.Though the exertion is the same, people do not worship Me on account of their ignorance. Conseently they get very little reward.My devotees obtain endless fruit. They do not come back to this mortal world. It is also easy for them to worship Me. How (Cf.VII.23)

After Swami Sivananda

How people reach for God· 9.11–9.25

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
api
and
mat
my
mām
to me
devān
amongst the celestial gods
yānti
go
bhūtāni
to the ghosts
pitṝīn
to the ancestors
yājinaḥ
devotees
deva-vratāḥ
worshipers of celestial gods
pitṛi-vratā
worshippers of ancestors
bhūta-ijyāḥ
worshippers of ghosts

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