Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 9, Verse 23

Sanskrit Verse

येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः।

तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम्।।9.23।।

Transliteration

ye ’pyanya-devatā-bhaktā yajante śhraddhayānvitāḥ

te ’pi mām eva kaunteya yajantyavidhi-pūrvakam

Word meanings

ye—those who; api—although; anya—other; devatā—celestial gods; bhaktāḥ—devotees; yajante—worship; śhraddhayā anvitāḥ—faithfully; te—they; api—also; mām—me; eva—only; kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti; yajanti—worship; avidhi-pūrvakam—by the wrong method

Swami Sivananda's translation

Even those devotees who, endowed with faith, worship other gods, worship Me alone, O Arjuna, but by the wrong method.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 9