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ARTICLE : yato mata tato patha?
In the Ninth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, which Lord Krsna considers to be
the most confidential, in verses 9.24-26, He dismisses the notion that
worshiping any deity is the same as worshiping Him.
After emphatically asserting that He alone is the recipient of sacrifice or
worship, He says:
yanti deva-vrata devan
pitrn yanti pitr-vratah
bhutani yanti bhutejya
yanti mad-yajino 'pi mam
"Those who worship demigods go to the demigods, those who worship ancestors
go to the ancestors, those who worship bhutas go to join them, but My
devotees come to Me."
Not to change the subject, but to clarify it, Krsna then stresses that it is
love that He is interested in, and that only love will impress Him. In other
words, this statement (9.26) is necessary because many people claim that all
the deities are but tangible manifestations of a Supreme and unmanifest
Truth, and hence worship of that Truth through any of the thousands of
deities is the same as worship of Krsna. But love is only possible between
two persons, and even then, when there is any kind of personal motivation,
it becomes a business-like endeavor. Therefore Krsna stresses love instead,
for love is only possible with the Personality of Godhead Krsna, no one
else.
-m
