yÄnti deva-vratÄ devÄn pitá¹n yÄnti pitá¹›-vratÄḥ bhÅ«tÄni yÄnti bhÅ«tejyÄ yÄnti mad-yÄjino ’pi mÄm [25]

deva-vratÄḥ–The demigod worshippers; yÄnti–reach; devÄn–the demigods; pitá¹›-vratÄḥ–the ancestral worshippers; yÄnti–reach; pitá¹á¹‡â€“their ancestors; bhÅ«ta-ijyÄḥ–the spirit worshippers; yÄnti–reach; bhÅ«tÄni–the spirits; mat-yÄjinaḥ–My worshippers; yÄnti–reach; mÄm api–Me.

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The demigod worshippers reach the demigods, the forefather worshippers go to the plane of their ancestors, and the worshippers of the spirits go to the spirits. But those who worship Me come to Me.

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