Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret: Verse 25
यान्ति देवव्रता देवान्पितॄन्यान्ति पितृव्रता: ।
भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम् ॥
yānti deva-vratā devānpitṝn-
yānti pitṛvratā:
bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā
yānti mad-yājino’pi mām – 9.25
Those given to worship heavenly deities attain to them, those taking to the manes, reach them. Worshippers of the spirits get to their abode. And those worshipping Me (the Supreme), attain Me.
Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret - Verse 25
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
How well Krishna explains the outcomes of different forms of worship! In all worship, worshipper’s mind alone determines the outcome. What one arduously thinks, he verily becomes. Such is the law governing the human mind and its working. This is true of the domain of devotion and worship too.
Thus, different kinds of worshippers are led to their respective outcomes. The mind, with its special fascinations and addictions, chooses different forms, seeking imaginary fulfilment here and hereafter.
Obviously all these attainments are after one’s body falls, hence not experiential, unverifiable, whereas worshippers of the omnipresent Supreme realize the Self here in this life. All other worship has an imaginary fruition, but that of the Supreme is experiential, doubtless! In grasping this difference well, lies the effectiveness, success and glory of spiritual pursuit!
