Bhagavad Gita · 9.25
॥
Devanāgarī
यान्ति देवव्रता देवान्पितॄन्यान्ति पितृव्रताः ।
भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yānti deva-vratā devān pitṝn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ |
bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti mad-yājino 'pi mām ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यान्तिyāntithey go.
देवव्रताःdeva-vratāḥthose who worship (vratāḥ) the demigods (deva).
देवान्devānto the demigods.
पितॄन्pitṝnto the ancestors.
यान्तिyāntithey go.
पितृव्रताःpitṛ-vratāḥthose who worship the ancestors.
भूतानिbhūtānito the spirits and ghosts.
यान्तिyāntithey go.
भूतेज्याःbhūta-ijyāḥthose who worship the spirits.
यान्तिyāntithey go.
मद्याजिनःmat-yājinaḥthose who worship Me.
अपिapiindeed.
माम्māmto Me.
Translation
“Those who worship the demigods will go to the demigods; those who worship the ancestors, to the ancestors; those who worship spirits and ghosts, to those beings; and those who worship Me will come to Me.”
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