यान्ति देवव्रता देवान्पितॄन्यान्ति पितृव्रताः | भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्
yānti devavratā devānpitṝnyānti pitṛvratāḥ . bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti madyājino.api mām
Die Verehrer der Götter erreichen die Götter; die Verehrer der Ahnen gehen zu den Ahnen; die Verehrer der Bhutas erreichen die Bhutas; und jene, die Mich verehren, erreichen Mich.
Votaries of the gods reach the gods; the votarites of the manes go to the manes; the worshippers of the Beings reach the Beings; and those who worship Me reach Me.
Die Verehrer der Ahnen, die Shraddha und andere Riten in Hingabe an ihre Vorfahren ausführen, gehen zu den Ahnen. Diejenigen, die Götter mit Hingabe und Gelübden verehren, gehen zu ihnen. Bhutas sind elementare Wesen, niedriger als Götter, aber höher als Menschen. Das Ergebnis der Verehrung entspricht dem Wissen, dem Glauben, dem Opfer und der Art der Hingabe des Verehrers. Obwohl die Anstrengung dieselbe ist, verehren die Menschen Mich aufgrund ihrer Unwissenheit nicht und erhalten daher nur geringen Lohn. Meine Verehrer hingegen erlangen unendliche Früchte und kehren nicht in diese sterbliche Welt zurück.
The worshippers of the manes such as the Agnisvattas who perform Sraaddha and other rites in devotion to their ancestors go to the manes. Those who worship the gods with devotion and vows go to them.Bhutas are elemental beings lower than the gods but higher than human beigns they are the Vinayakas? the hosts of Matris? the four Bhaginis and the like.Those who devote themselves to the gods attain the form of those gods at death. Similar is the fate of those who worship the manes (their own ancestors) or the Bhutas. The fruit of the worship is in accordance with the knowledge? faith? offering and nature of worship of the devotee.Though the exertion is the same? people do not worship Me on account of their ignorance. Conseently they get very little reward.My devotees obtain endless fruit. They do not come back to this mortal world. It is also easy for them to worship Me. How (Cf.VII.23)