Chapter 9 - Verse 15 — Ancient Knowledge

ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते ।
एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम् ॥ १५ ॥

jñānayajñena cāpyanye yajanto māmupāsate .
ekatvena pṛthaktvena bahudhā viśvatomukham .. 15 ..

Worshipping by the wisdom-sacrifice, others adore Me, the All-faced, in various ways, as One, as different.

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Knowledge of the Lord is itself a sacrifice. Worshipping by this sacrifice of wisdom, others* adore Me, having abandoned all other forms of worship. And that knowledge varies thus;—Some worship with the knowledge of the real truth that ‘One, verily, is the Para-Brahman’ Some worship with the knowledge that the Lord Viṣṇu Himself exists as different beings, as the sun, the moon and the like. Others worship Him, who exists in all forms—as the All-faced, thinking that the one Lord exists in all the different forms, with his face on all sides.

The Brahma-nishthas, those who are devoted to Brahman.

All worship goes to the Lord.

If they worship in so many different ways, how do they (as Thou sayest) worship Thee only?—The Lord says: