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yānti devavratā devānpitṝnyānti pitṛvratāḥ . bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti madyājino.api mām
崇拜天神者歸於天神;崇拜祖先者歸於祖先;崇拜眾生者歸於眾生;而崇拜我者,則歸於我。
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.
崇拜祖先者,如阿耆尼什瓦塔斯(Agnisvattas),他們為祖先舉行施拉達(Śrāddha)等儀式,並懷著虔誠之心,他們將歸於祖先。那些懷著虔誠和誓願崇拜天神者,將歸於天神。眾生(Bhutas)是比天神低級但比人類高級的元素生命,如維納亞卡斯(Vinayakas)、母神眾(Matris)、四姊妹神(Bhaginis)等。那些獻身於天神者,死後將獲得天神的形體。崇拜祖先或眾生者亦是如此。崇拜的果報與奉獻者的知識、信仰、供奉和崇拜的性質相符。儘管付出的努力相同,人們卻因無知而不崇拜我。因此,他們獲得的報酬微乎其微。我的奉獻者獲得無盡的果報。他們不會回到這個凡塵世界。對他們來說,崇拜我也很簡單。如何呢?
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)