The Gita

Chapter 9 · Verse 25 of 34

The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret

राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग

Meaning

Supreme God Krishna spoke

Those who worship {subordinate} gods go to them after death; those who worship the ancestors go to the ancestors; those who offer sacrifices to ghosts and spirits, are born among them; but those who worship Me {and Me alone}, come to Me {and therefore do not come back to this world}.

(9:25)

Sanskrit

श्रीभगवान् उवाच

यान्ति देवव्रता देवान् पितृृन्यान्ति पितृव्रताः ।

भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्॥

Word-by-word

यान्ति देव-व्रताः देवान्, पितृन् यान्ति पितृ-व्रताः,

भूतानि यान्ति भूत-इज्याः, यान्ति मत्-याजिनः अपि माम्।

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