BG - 9.23

येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः। तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम्।।9.23।।

ye ’pyanya-devatā-bhaktā yajante śhraddhayānvitāḥ te ’pi mām eva kaunteya yajantyavidhi-pūrvakam

• ye - those who
• api - although
• anya - other
• devatā - celestial gods
• bhaktāḥ - devotees
• yajante - worship
• śhraddhayā anvitāḥ - faithfully
• te - they
• api - also
• mām - me
• eva - only
• kaunteya - Arjun, the son of Kunti
• yajanti - worship
• avidhi-pūrvakam - by the wrong method

Translation

Even those devotees who, endowed with faith, worship other gods, worship Me alone, O Arjuna, but by the wrong method.

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