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9.25 You arrive where you aimed Krishna speaks

यान्ति देवव्रता देवान् पितृ़न्यान्ति पितृव्रताः
भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्

yānti deva-vratā devān pitṝīn yānti pitṛi-vratāḥ
bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti mad-yājino ’pi mām

Those devoted to the gods go to the gods; to the ancestors, to the ancestors; to the spirits, to the spirits. Those who make their offering to me come to me.

Explanation

You arrive wherever you were aiming.

  • devoted to the gods — to the gods
  • to the ancestors — to the ancestors
  • to the spirits — to the spirits
  • to me — to me

Four clauses of identical grammar, and no judgement in any of them. It is the same mechanism as 8.6: not reward, destination.

Word by word

yānti
go
deva-vratāḥ
worshipers of celestial gods
devān
amongst the celestial gods
pitṝīn
to the ancestors
yānti
go
pitṛi-vratā
worshippers of ancestors
bhūtāni
to the ghosts
yānti
go
bhūta-ijyāḥ
worshippers of ghosts
yānti
go
mat
my
yājinaḥ
devotees
api
and
mām
to me