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Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

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O son of Kunti, worship Me alone (though)<br />

following the wrong method.<br />

English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit<br />

Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

9.23 Api, even; ye, those who; anya-devatabhaktah,<br />

being devoted to tother deities; and<br />

anvitah sraddhaya, endowed with faith; yajante,<br />

worship (them), te api, they also; O son of Kunti,<br />

yajanti, worship; mam, Me; eva, alone; (though)<br />

avidhi-purvakam, following the wrong method.<br />

Avidhi implies ignorance. So the idea is that they<br />

worship (Me) ignorantly. 'How it is that they<br />

worship (Me) ignorantly?' [i.e. the worshippers of<br />

other deities worship them knowingly, and hence,<br />

how can the question of their ignorance arise?]<br />

This is being answered: Because-<br />

English Translation - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

9.24 I indeed am the enjoyer as also the Lord of all<br />

sacrifices; but they do not know Me in reality.<br />

Therefore they fall.<br />

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