Sanskrit · Devanagari
अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्पमेधसाम्। देवान्देवयजो यान्ति मद्भक्ता यान्ति मामपि ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
antavattu phalaṃ teṣāṃ tadbhavatyalpamedhasām devāndevayajo yānti madbhaktā yānti māmapi
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882and obtains from it those beneficial things which he desires, (though they are) really given by me. But the fruit thus (obtained) by them who have little judgment is perishable. Those who worship the divinities go to the divinities, and my worshippers, too, go to me.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।7.23।। अन्तवत् विनाशि तु फलं तेषां तत् भवति अल्पमेधसां अल्पप्रज्ञानाम्। देवान्देवयजो यान्ति देवान् यजन्त इति देवयजः ते देवान् यान्ति मद्भक्ता यान्ति मामपि। एवं समाने अपि आयासे मामेव न प्रपद्यन्ते अनन्तफलाय अहो खलु कष्टं वर्तन्ते इत्यनुक्रोशं दर्शयति भगवान्।।किंनिमित्तं मामेव न प्रपद्यन्ते इत्युच्यते
13c59f040de6…Rāmānuja
7.23 The men of 'small understanding' means those whose understanding is poor, who worship only Indra and other divinities. The fruit of their worship is small and finite. Why? The worshippers of divinities like Indra go to the divinities. And Indra and other divinities possess limited joy and live only for a limited time. So if they attain eality of enjoyment with them, they also fall down along with them in due course; but My devotees, knowing that their acts are of the nature of My worship, renouncing attachment for finite, fruits, reach Me, having for their purpose the pleasing of Me alone. That is, they never more return to Samsara. For Sri Krsna teaches later on: 'But on reaching Me there is no rirth, O Arjuna' (8.16). Now Sri Krsna declares: 'But these others (i.e., who worship Indra etc.) regard as insignificant even My incarnations among men and other beings in order to make Myself easy for all to resort to.'
1d95ab45c166…Swami Sivananda
7.23 अन्तवत् finite? तु verily? फलम् the fruit? तेषाम् of them? तत् that? भवति is? अल्पमेधसाम् those of small intelligence? देवान् to the gods? देवयजः the worshippers of the gods? यान्ति go to? मद्भक्ताः My devotees? यान्ति go to? माम् Me? अपि also.Commentary The exertion in the two kinds is the same and yet people do not attempt to worship the Supreme Being in order to attain the maximum benefits or the infinite reward (liberation or Moksha). The reward obtained by men of small understandng and petty intellect who worship the minor deities is small? perishable and temporary.Yajnas (Vedic rituals)? Homas (rituals in which oblations are offered into the sacred fire) and Tapas (penance) of various sorts can bestow only temporary rewards on the performer. Liberation from the wheel of transmigration alone will give everlasting bliss and eternal peace.Those who worship Indra and others are Sattvic devotees those who worship Yakshas and Rakshasas (demoniacal beings) are Rajasic devotees and those who worship the Bhutas and Pretas (discarnate spirits) are Tamasic devotees.The knowledge of those who worship the small deities is partial and incomplete. It cannot lead to liberation. (Cf.IX.25)
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