Verse 1.17.24

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.17.24:

যে যথা মাং প্রপদ্যন্তে তাংস্ তথৈব ভজাম্য্ অহম্ মম বর্ত্মানুবর্তন্তে মনুষ্যাঃ পার্থ সর্বশঃ ॥ ২৪ ॥

ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तांस् तथैव भजाम्य् अहम् मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः ॥ २४ ॥

ye yathā māṃ prapadyante tāṃs tathaiva bhajāmy aham mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ || 24 ||

ye yatha mam prapadyante tams tathaiva bhajamy aham mama vartmanuvartante manusyah partha sarvasah (24)

English translation:

(24) “As all surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Pṛthā.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

“Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, using Arjuna as an audience, is herein refuting the arguments of opponents, who may say, ‘Isn’t the propensity for discrimination is also present in You? You award devotional service only to those who surrender unto You, but do You award to one who is full of material desires?’ ‘But I am speaking this verse in reply. The word yathā indicates those who worship Me either with material desires or without material desires, whom I simply reward accordingly (I give them fruits according to their worship), in other words, I bestow mercy on them, but I do not neglect even those ambitious persons who reject Me (with the desire to enjoy the fruits of karma) and worship various demigods headed by Indra. This should be considered. The reason is that the servants of various demigod like Indra indirectly follow My path of worship because I alone am worshiped even through the worship of Indra.’” (Śrīdhara Svāmī’s Subodhinī commentary)