Shloka 25

Viśvarūpa-darśana (The Vision of the Universal Form) — महायोगेश्वरस्य विश्वरूपदर्शनम्

Devanagari script

सम्बन्ध-- भगवान्‌के भ्क्त आवागमनको प्राप्त नहीं होते और अन्य देवताओंके उपासक जआवागमनको प्राप्त होते हैं; इसका क्या कारण है? इस जिज्ञासापर उपास्यके स्वरूप और उपासकके भावसे उपासनाके फलमें भेद होनेका नियम बतलाते हैं-- यान्ति देवब्रता देवान्‌ पितृन्‌ यान्ति पितृव्रता: । भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोडपि माम्‌,देवताओंको पूजनेवाले देवताओं को प्राप्त होते हैं, पितरोंको पूजनेवाले पितरोंको प्राप्त होते हैं,ः भूतोंकों पूजनेवाले भूतोंको प्राप्त होते हैं: और मेरा पूजन करनेवाले भक्त मुझको ही प्राप्त होते हैं*। इसीलिये मेरे भक्तोंका पुनर्जन्म नहीं होता

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | yānti devavratā devān pitṝn yānti pitṛvratāḥ | bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti mad-yājino 'pi mām ||

Translation

Os devotos dos deuses vão aos deuses; os devotos dos antepassados vão aos antepassados. Os que cultuam espíritos e seres elementais alcançam esses seres; e os que Me adoram alcançam a Mim somente. Assim, o fruto do culto segue a natureza do objeto venerado e a intenção do adorador—é a devoção que fixa o destino.

Word by Word

यान्तिgo, attain

देवव्रताःthose vowed to the gods (god-worshippers)

देवान्the gods

पितॄन्the ancestors (pitṛs)

यान्तिgo, attain

पितृव्रताःthose vowed to the ancestors (ancestor-worshippers)

भूतानिbeings/spirits (bhūtas)

यान्तिgo, attain

भूतेज्याःworshippers of bhūtas (spirit-worshippers)

यान्तिgo, attain

मद्याजिनःmy worshippers (those who sacrifice/worship to me)

अपिalso, even

माम्me

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Devas (gods)

Pitṛs (ancestors)

Bhūtas (spirits/elemental beings)

Krishna (as 'mām', the Lord addressed)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The result of worship corresponds to its object: devotion and vow (vrata) orient the worshipper toward the realm or state of the being worshipped; worship of the Supreme leads to attaining the Supreme.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Gītā dialogue on the battlefield, Arjuna’s inquiry prompts Kṛṣṇa to explain why different worshippers attain different ends—gods, ancestors, spirits, or the Lord—based on whom they revere and how their devotion is directed.