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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9, Verse 23 (9.23) means: Even those who worship other powers with faith are really worshiping me, Arjuna, though not in the proper way.
येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः। तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम्।।9.23।।
ye ’pyanya-devatā-bhaktā yajante śhraddhayānvitāḥ te ’pi mām eva kaunteya yajantyavidhi-pūrvakam
Even those who worship other powers with faith are really worshiping me, Arjuna, though not in the proper way.
अर्जुन, जो दूसरी शक्तियों को भी श्रद्धा से पूजते हैं, वे असल में मुझे ही पूजते हैं, यद्यपि उचित रीति से नहीं।
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It is verse 23 of Chapter 9 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 34 verses in total.
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