Ye 'py anya-devata-bhakta yajante shraddhayanvitah, te 'pi mam eva kaunteya yajanty avidhi-purvakam
Even those who are devotees of other gods and worship them with faith — they too worship Me alone, O son of Kunti, but they do so in the wrong way. All genuine worship ultimately reaches the Supreme, though those who worship lesser gods do so without the complete understanding of divine unity.
- •All sincere worship ultimately reaches the one Supreme Reality
- •Worshipping lesser deities is acceptable but incomplete in method
- •Highest devotion requires recognising the Supreme as the ultimate goal