Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.40.10

yathādri-prabhavā nadyaḥ

parjanyāpūritāḥ prabho

viśanti sarvataḥ sindhuḿ

tadvat tvāḿ gatayo 'ntataḥ

SYNONYMS

yathā — as; adri — from the mountains; prabhavāḥ — born; nadyaḥ — rivers; parjanya — by the rain; āpūritāḥ — filled; prabho — O master; viśanti — enter; sarvataḥ — from all sides; sindhum — the ocean; tadvat — similarly; tvām — You; gatayaḥ — these paths; antataḥ — finally.

TRANSLATION

As rivers born from the mountains and filled by the rain flow from all sides into the sea, so do all these paths in the end reach You, O master.

PURPORT

Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself speaks on this issue of worship in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.23-25):

ye 'py anya-devatā-bhaktā

yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ

te 'pi mām eva kaunteya

yayanty avidhi-pūrvakam

ahaḿ hi sarva-yajñānāḿ

bhoktā ca prabhur eva ca

na tu mām abhijānanti

tattvenātaś cyavanti te

yānti deva-vratā devān

pitṝn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ

bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā

yānti mad-yājino 'pi mām

[Bg. 9.25]

"Those who are devotees of other gods and who worship them with faith actually worship only Me, O son of Kuntī, but they do so in a wrong way. I am the only enjoyer and master of all sacrifices. Therefore, those who do not recognize My true transcendental nature fall down. Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who worship the ancestors go to the ancestors; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; and those who worship Me will live with Me."

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