येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः | तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम् ||९-२३||
ye.apyanyadevatābhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ . te.api māmeva kaunteya yajantyavidhipūrvakam ||9-23||
- devatā
- gods
- bhaktāḥ
- devotees
- yajante
- worship
- śraddhayā anvitāḥ
- with faith
- te
- they
- api
- also
- mām
- Me
- eva
- only
- kaunteya
- O son of Kuntī
- yajanti
- they worship
- avidhi-pūrvakam
- in a wrong way
Those who are devotees of other gods and who worship them with faith actually worship only Me, O son of Kuntī, but they do so in a wrong way.