BG - 7.23

अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्पमेधसाम्। देवान्देवयजो यान्ति मद्भक्ता यान्ति मामपि।।7.23।।

antavat tu phalaṁ teṣhāṁ tad bhavatyalpa-medhasām devān deva-yajo yānti mad-bhaktā yānti mām api

• anta-vat - perishable
• tu - but
• phalam - fruit
• teṣhām - by them
• tat - that
• bhavati - is
• alpa-medhasām - people of small understanding
• devān - to the celestial gods
• deva-yajaḥ - the worshipers of the celestial gods
• yānti - go
• mat - my
• bhaktāḥ - devotees
• yānti - go
• mām - to me
• api - whereas

Translation

Verily, the reward (fruit) that accrues to those men of small intelligence is finite. The worshippers of the gods go to them, whereas My devotees come to Me.

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