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Bhakti & surrenderChapter 9 · The Most Confidential Knowledge
9.149.16

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 9.15

Great souls worship Krishna with devotion

ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते ।

एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम् ॥ १५ ॥

jñāna-yajñena cāpy anye

yajanto mām upāsate

ekatvena pṛthaktvena

bahudhā viśvato-mukham

Translation

Others, who engage in sacrifice by the cultivation of knowledge, worship the Supreme Lord as the one without a second, as diverse in many, and in the universal form.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

Different Ways of Worship

  1. 1Through the sacrifice of cultivating knowledge, some worship the Supreme Lord as one, as many, or in His universal form.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that these include worshiping oneself as God, imagining forms of God, and worshiping the universe. Worshiping oneself as God is the lowest.
  3. 3Aim for pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness, like the mahātmās who know nothing other than Kṛṣṇa.

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In the story

Chapter 9, The Most Confidential Knowledge: great souls worship krishna with devotion.

What it teaches

Theme summary

Loving service and surrender to Kṛṣṇa.

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Key ideas in this verse

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Key ideas: bhakti, śaraṇāgati.

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What does BG 9.15 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to bhakti & surrender?

Practice

Offer one act today with devotion.

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Related verses

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BG 9.13Great souls worship Krishna with devotionBG 9.14Great souls worship Krishna with devotionBG 3.30Offer every action to KrishnaBG 6.47The highest yogi is devoted

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