यान्ति देवव्रता देवान्पितॄन्यान्ति पितृव्रताः | भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्
yānti devavratā devānpitṝnyānti pitṛvratāḥ . bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti madyājino.api mām
敬奉天神者,得往天神界;敬奉祖灵者,得往祖灵界;敬奉众生者,得往众生界;而敬奉我者,则得达于我。
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.
敬奉天神并立下誓愿的人,死后会到达天神界。敬奉祖灵(如通过施食等仪式)的人,会去往祖灵界。而那些崇拜鬼神(如低于天神但高于人类的元素众生)的人,则会到达鬼神界。崇拜的果报与奉献者的知识、信仰、供养和崇拜的性质相符。尽管付出同样的努力,人们因无知而不崇拜我,因此所得甚微。而我的奉献者则获得无尽的果报,他们不再重返这个凡俗世界,并且崇拜我亦是容易的。
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)