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Chapter 9
Link:—The Lord, in the next verse, describes the relative end of different devotees who worship, other deities with an interested motive.
yanti devavrata devanpitfnyanti pitrvratah
bhutani yanti bhatejya yanti madyajino'pi mam
Those who worship the gods, with self-interest, go to gods, after death, those who worship the manes come to the manes, those who adore the evil-spirits, join the evil-spirits. But, those who worship Me, attain Me, alone. 25
Comment:
[In the preceding verse, the Lord declared, that He is the enjoyer of all sacrifices, and the Lord of the entire universe. But, those who instead of, regarding Him as the enjoyer and the Lord, themselves become enjoyers and the Lord, have a fall. Now, in this verse, He explains, how they fall.]
Yanti devavrata devan:—Those, who do not know reality, about the Lord, but hanker after worldly pleasures and prosperity, worship other gods, and follow rites, relating to them (Gita 7/20). Those gods, carry their devotees to their abodes, but they have to return from there, because all the worlds from the abode of Brahma downwards, are subject to return (Gita 8/16).
In the twenty-third verse, the Lord declares, that those devotees who worship other gods, also worship Him alone, though not with a proper approach. It means; that those devotees do not know, that all is God. Their aim of worship, is to get worldly pleasures and prosperity, so they fall. If they had worshipped, either the Lord or even gods, without having any desire, they instead of attaining the gods, would have attained, the Lord. Had they not desired anything, from the gods (as manifestation of the Lord), and the Lord and even if the Lord and the gods had offered them, they should have declined the offer. They should have rather responded, "G Lord! You are ours, and we are Yours. Had the worldly things (pleasures and prosperity) been more valuable than this affinity with You, we would have desired or begged of You. But there is nothing more valuable, than this affinity. So why should we beg?" Having such sentiments, they would have become a source of bliss to Him, and they would not have attained, the perishable and inferior, celestial world.
Pitinyanti pitrvratah:—Those, who want their desires to be satisfied, worship the manes, by regarding them as their favourite deity. But the greatest desire, that can be satisfied by the manes, is that they can take their devotees, to their abode.
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