Antavattu phalam Teshan Tadbhavatyalpamedhasam.
Devandevayjo yanti madbhakta yanti mampi..23.
Here the Lord says that persons with little intelligence worship the demigods, and the fruits they get are limited and temporary. Those who worship the deities go to the heavenly planets, but my devotees finally reach my abode.
PURPORT Some commentators on Bhagavad-gita say that one who worships the demigods can reach the Supreme Lord, but it is clearly stated here that the worshipers of the demigods go to different planets where the different demigods are situated - just as The worshiper of the Sun gets the Sun or the worshiper of the Moon gets the Moon.
Similarly if one wants to worship a deity like Indra, he gets the world of the deity he worshipped. It is not that God can be attained by worshiping any deity. It is clearly stated here that the worshipers of the demigods go to other planets in the material world, but the devotee of the Lord goes to the Supreme Abode of the Lord.
Now the question may be raised here that if the different deities are different parts of the body of the Supreme Lord, then worshiping all of them should yield the same result. But the worshipers of the deities are ignorant because they do not know which part of the body should be fed. Some of them are so foolish that they claim that since there are many organs, there are many ways of giving food. But this is not proper, can one deliver food to the body through the ears or the eyes?
They do not know that those demigods are different parts of the universal body of the Lord, and out of their ignorance they believe that each demigod is a separate God, and a competitor of the Supreme Lord.
Not only all the demigods, but even the ordinary living entities are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam states that the Brahmins are the head of the Supreme Lord, the Kshatriyas are His arms, the Vaishyas are His waist and the Shudras are His feet, and all of them have different functions. If one considers the demigods or himself to be part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, then his knowledge is complete. But if he does not understand this, he attains different worlds, where the gods reside. This is not the destination where the devotees go.
The boons obtained from the demigods are perishable, because within this material world all the planets, all the demigods and all their worshipers are perishable. Therefore, it is clearly stated in this verse that all the fruits obtained from the worship of such deities are perishable, therefore such worship is done only by the less intelligent. Since a person engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness in the devotional service of the Supreme Lord attains the transcendental blissful world full of knowledge, his general achievements and those of the demigods are separate. God is infinite, His grace is infinite, His mercy is also infinite. Therefore, the grace of the Supreme Lord on His pure devotees is also limitless.
From this verse of the Bhagavad Gita it is concluded that the Lord is one and only Sri Krishna, and all the demigods are His associates emanating from His different parts. So here the Lord has clearly said that only by worshiping Me you will finally attain My abode, and will be freed from the cycle of birth and death forever. and they are trapped in the cycle of birth and death again and again. Therefore, we should worship only Shri Krishna, so that in the end we will get rid of the cycle of birth and death and go to God's abode.
