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ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते।

एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम्।।9.15।।
 

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya

।।9.15।। -- --,ज्ञानयज्ञेन ज्ञानमेव भगवद्विषयं यज्ञः तेन ज्ञानयज्ञेन? यजन्तः पूजयन्तः माम् ईश्वरं च अपि अन्ये अन्याम् उपासनां परित्यज्य उपासते। तच्च ज्ञानम् -- एकत्वेन एकमेव परं ब्रह्म इति परमार्थदर्शनेन यजन्तः उपासते। केचिच्च पृथक्त्वेन, आदित्यचन्द्रादिभेदेन स एव भगवान् विष्णुः अवस्थितः इति उपासते। केचित् बहुधा अवस्थितः स एव भगवान् सर्वतोमुखः विश्वरुपः इति तं विश्वरूपं सर्वतोमुखं बहुधा बहुप्रकारेण उपासते।।यदि बहुभिः प्रकारैः उपासते? कथं त्वामेव उपासते इति? अत आह --,

English Translation By Swami Gambirananda

9.15 Others verily worship Me by adoring exclusively through the sacrifice of the knowledge of oneness; (others worship Me) multifariously, and (others) as the multiformed existing variously.

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

9.15 Anye, others, giving up others forms of adoration; ca, verily; upasate, worship; mam, Me, God; yajantah, by adoring, glorifying; api, exclusively; jnana-yajnene ekatvena, through the sacrifice of the knowledge of oneness-knowledge of God itself being the sacrifice; and that knowledge consists in the realization of the highest truth that the supreme Brahman is verily one. Adoring with that (knowledge) they worship Me. And some others Me prthaktvena, multifariously-in different forms as the sun, moon, etc. They worship (Me) by thinking that, Visnu who is God Himself exists in different forms as the sun etc. Still others worship Me thinking that, that very God who is visvatomukhah, mulitiformed, who has His facr everywhere, i.e., who is the Cosmic Person; exists bahudha, variously. In numerous ways they worship Him, the Cosmic Person, who has His face everywhere. 'If they worship in numerous ways, how is it that they worship You alone?' Hence the Lord says: