Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 Verse 23
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 7 श्लोक 23

अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्पमेधसाम्।
देवान्देवयजो यान्ति मद्भक्ता यान्ति मामपि।।7.23।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
7.23. But, that fruit of  those men of poor intellect is finite.  Those, who perform sacrifices, aiming at the gods, go to gods, and My devotees go to Me.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
7.20-23 Kamaih etc.  upto man api.  On the other hand, those persons, whose minds are conditioned  by a variety of their own respective desires for the best and so on (or the desires that may be classified as the best and so on) - they have thier thinking faculty  carried away by their desires,  and worship a particular deity who possesses nothing but My intermediate body that suits only to those devotees  desires.   Hence, they obtain their desired result from Me alone.  But, that result has an end of its own, because it is limited by the mental impressions of their own.  Therefore those who perform sacrifice etc.,  with the aim of becming Indra  etc.,  (or of attaining the houses of Indra etc.)  gain their desired fruit accordingly.  On the other hand, those whose chief aim is to attain Me,  they gain Me alone.										
 But, while the Absolute-being is immanent  in all, how is it that  the fruit  achieved by the worshippers of other deities is limited ?  The answer is given as :


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 7.23Antavattu phalam teshaam tadbhavatyalpamedhasaam;
Devaan devayajo yaanti madbhaktaa yaanti maamapi.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 7.23anta-vat—perishable; tu—but; phalam—fruit; teṣhām—by them; tat—that; bhavati—is; alpa-medhasām—people of small understanding; devān—to the celestial gods; deva-yajaḥ—the worshipers of the celestial gods; yānti—go; mat—my; bhaktāḥ—devotees; yānti—go; mām—to me; api—whereas