येऽप्यन्यदेवताभक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः ।
तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम् ॥
९-२४ ॥
ye'pyanyadevatābhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ |
te'pi māmeva kaunteya yajantyavidhipūrvakam ||
9-24 ||
Even those who, endowed with faith, are devoted to other deities and worship them — they too worship me alone, O son of Kuntī, though not by the proper rite.