येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः | तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम्
ye.apyanyadevatābhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ . te.api māmeva kaunteya yajantyavidhipūrvakam
即使那些信奉其他神祇并怀有虔诚之心的人们，崇拜（那些神祇），昆提之子啊，他们也同样是在崇拜我，尽管他们遵循的是错误的方法。
Even those who, being devoted to other deities and endowed with faith, worship (them), they also, O son of Kunti, worship Me alone (though) following the wrong method.
那些以错误方式崇拜其他神祇的人，实际上是在无知中崇拜我。他们的崇拜方式不符合古老的法则，因此他们会重返这个世界。然而，由于我无处不在，即使他们崇拜阿耆尼、因陀罗、苏利耶、伐楼那、伐苏等神祇，最终也仍能达到我。但这并非纯粹的奉献，而是间接的。如同浇水应浇灌树根而非枝叶，若我（世界与众神之根源）得到满足，则众神皆得满足。因此，人们应以我的本性来崇拜我，将我视为一切众生中的“自我”，并认识到我是一切神祇和整个世界的根源。
They worship Me in ignorance. Their mode of worship is contrary to the ancient,rule. Hence they return to this world.People worship Agni? Indra? Surya? Varuna? the Vasus? etc. Even they attain Me? because I am everywhere. But their devotion is not pure. It is vicarious. Water should be given to the root and not to the branches. If the root is satisfied? the whole tree must be and is satisfied. Even so? if I (the root of this world and all the gods) am satisfied? all the gods must be and are satisfied. Though the messages from the five organs of knowledge reach the one consciousness? will it be right and useful to place a sweetmeat in the ear and a flower in the eyes The function of eating must be done by the mouth alone and the function of smelling by the nose alone. Therefore I should be worshipped in My own nature. They should know Me as the Self in all beings. They should recognise Me in other worship. I am the root. I am the source of all the gods and of this whole world. (Cf.IV.11VII.20)