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
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