9.15 Some as one, some as many Krishna speaks

ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते
एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम्

jñāna-yajñena chāpyanye yajanto mām upāsate
ekatvena pṛithaktvena bahudhā viśhvato-mukham

And others, offering the sacrifice of knowledge, worship me — some as one undivided, some as many.

Explanation

Some as one undivided, some as many.

Others offer the sacrifice of knowledge and worship him — and the verse allows both conceptions without choosing.

Chapter 12 will ask exactly this question and give a preference. Here the two are simply listed, which is the more generous of the book's two answers to the same problem.

Word by word

jñāna-yajñena: yajña of cultivating knowledge
cha: and
api: also
anye: others
yajantaḥ: worship
mām: me
upāsate: worship
ekatvena: undifferentiated oneness
pṛithaktvena: separately
bahudhā: various
viśhwataḥ-mukham: the cosmic form