bahunam janmanam ante jnanavan mam prapadyate। vasudevah sarvam iti sa mahatma su-durlabhah॥ 7.19 ॥

Sri Krishna said: After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.

kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah prapadyante ’nya-devatah। tam tam niyamam asthaya prakritya niyatah svaya॥ 7.20 ॥

Sri Krishna said: Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures.

yo yo yam yam tanum bhaktah shraddhayarcitum icchati। tasya tasyachalam shraddham tam eva vidadhamy aham॥ 7.21 ॥

Sri Krishna said: I am in everyone’s heart as the Super soul. As soon as one desires to worship some demigod, I make his faith steady so that he can devote himself to that particular deity.

sa taya shraddhaya yuktas tasyaradhanam ihate। labhate cha tatah kaman mayaiva vihitan hi tan॥ 7.22 ॥

Sri Krishna said: Endowed with such a faith, he endeavors to worship a particular demigod and obtains his desires. But in actuality these benefits are bestowed by Me alone.

antavat tu phalam tesam tad bhavaty alpa-medhasam। devan deva-yajo yanti mad-bhakta yanti mam api॥ 7.23 ॥

Sri Krishna said: Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to the planets of the demigods, but My devotees ultimately reach My supreme planet.

avyaktam vyaktim apannam manyante mam abuddhayah। param bhavam ajananto mamavyayam anuttamam॥ 7.24 ॥

Sri Krishna said: Unintelligent men, who do not know Me perfectly, think that I, the Lord of the universe, was a human being before and have now assumed this human form. Due to their small knowledge, they do not know My higher nature, which is imperishable and supreme.