- Longing for success in action, in this world, (men) worship the deities. For success is quickly attained through action in this world of Man. (4.12)
- The Yogi who worships Me abiding in all beings and who is established in unity abides in me in whatever manner he is acting. (6.31)
- Even among yogis, he who worships Me with mind fixed in Me, full of faith, is deemed by me to be the most devout. (6.47)
- Evil-doers and the deluded and the vilest among men, deprived of knowledge by māyā and following the way of the asuras, do not worship Me. (7.15)
- Four types of virtuous men worship Me, Ο Arjuna: the man in distress, the man seeking knowledge, the man seeking enjoyment, and, Ο best of the Bhāratas, the man endowed with wisdom. (7.16)
- Possessed of that faith, he worships that form and from it attains his desires, which are, in reality, granted by Me alone. (7.22)
- But the fruit gained by these people of small understanding is perishable. Those who worship the celestial gods go to the celestial abodes, while my devotees come to me. (7.23)
- But those men of good works whose sin has come to an end, worship Me steadfast in vows, freed from the delusive pairs of opposites. (7.28)
- ut the great-souled men, Ο Pārtha, who are endowed with the divine nature, worship Me with undisturbed minds, knowing that I am immutable and the origin of all beings. (9.13)
- Ever glorifying Me, always striving with self-control, remaining firm in their vows, bowing before Me, they worship Me with love and unwavering steadiness. (9.14)
- Others, again, offer the oblation of knowledge and worship Me either as one with them or as distinct from them; and still others in various ways worship Me, whose form is the whole universe. (9.15)
- I am the sacrifice, I am the worship, I am the oblation to the manes, and I am cereal. I am the hymn, I am the melted butter, I am the fire, and I am the offering. (9.16)
- The knowers of the Vedas, the drinkers of Soma, purified of sins, worshipping Me by sacrifices, pray for the way to Heaven. They having attained the world of Indra, enjoy the heavenly pleasures of the Devas. (9.20)
- Those persons who worship Me, meditating on their identity with Me and ever devoted to Me— to them I carry what they lack and for them I preserve what they already have. (9.22)
- Even those devotees who, endowed with faith, worship other gods, worship Me alone, Ο son of Kunti, though in a wrong way. (9.23)
- The worshippers of the Devas go to the Devas; the worshippers of the ancestors go to the ancestors; the worshippers of the Bhutas go to the Bhutas; the worshippers of Me go to Me. (9.25)
- I am the same toward all beings; to Me there is none hateful or dear. But those who worship Me with devotion— they are in Me, and I too am in them. (9.29)
- Even the most sinful man, if he worships Me with unswerving devotion, must be regarded as righteous; for he has formed the right resolution. (9.30)
- How much more, then, if they be holy brāhmins or royal seers devoted to God! Having come into this transitory, joyless world, worship Me. (9.33)
- I am the origin of all; from Me all things evolve. The wise know this and worship Me with all their heart. (10.8)
- On those who are ever devoted to Me and worship Me with love, I bestow the yoga of understanding, by which they come to Me. (10.10)
- Thou art the Father of the world— of all that move and all that do not move. Thou art the object of its worship, its most venerable Teacher. There is no one equal to Thee; how then, in the three worlds, could there be another superior to Thee, Ο Thou of incomparable might? (11.43)
- Arjuna said- Thus, those who worship You, ever steadfast, and also those who meditate on the unmanifest Imperishable Brahman of the two types of seekers, who are superior knowers of yoga? (12.1)
- The Blessed Lord said: With mind established in Me, ever steadfast in their devotion, endowed with the highest faith, those who worship Me, they are in my opinion, the best of yogis. (12.2)
- O Arjuna! Those verily who renounce all actions in Me, think of Me as the only refuge and worship Me with single-minded devotion and Dhyana, to them I become the saviour and quickly lift them up from the ocean of death and ‘samsara’. (12.6 & 12.7)
- And there are yet some who do not know It by these means. They hear of It from others and worship. They too pass beyond death through their devotion to what they have heard. (13.26)
- And he who worships Me with the yoga of undeviating love rises above the gunas and becomes fit to be one with Brahman. (14.26)
- He who, undeluded, knows Me thus as the Supreme Self— he knows all, Ο Bhārata, and he worships Me with all his heart. (15.19)
- Men in whom sattva prevails worship the gods; men in whom rajas prevails worship demigods and demons; and men in whom tamas prevails worship ghosts and disembodied spirits. (17.4)
- Worship of the gods, of the twice-born, of teachers, and of the wise; cleanliness, uprightness, continence, and non-violence— these are said to be the austerity of the body. (17.14)
- By performing one’s natural occupation, one worships the Creator from whom all living entities have come into being, and by whom the whole universe is pervaded. By such performance of work, a person easily attains perfection. (18.46)
- And he who shall study this sacred dialogue of ours, by him I shall have been worshipped by Jnana yajna; this is my conviction. (18.70)