Sanskrit

येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः ।

तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम् ॥

9.23

Translittération

ye'pyanyadevatā bhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ |

te'pi māmeva kaunteya yajantyavidhipūrvakam ||

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Traduction

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

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Explication

Krishna returns to the question of other gods with remarkable openness. Those devoted to other deities who worship them with faith (śraddhā) are, in truth, worshipping Krishna himself, though not according to the proper rule, avidhi-pūrvakam. The verse holds together two ideas: all sincere worship reaches the one source, and yet worship that does not know its true object is incomplete. It allows respect for other forms of devotion while still pointing to a fuller understanding.

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08