Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.40.9

sarva eva yajanti tvāḿ

sarva-deva-mayeśvaram

ye 'py anya-devatā-bhaktā

yady apy anya-dhiyaḥ prabho

SYNONYMS

sarve — all; eva — indeed; yajanti — worship; tvam — You; sarva-deva — all the demigods; maya — O You who comprise; īśvaram — the Supreme Lord; ye — they; api — even; anya — of other; devatā — deities; bhaktāḥ — devotees; yadi api — although; anya — turned elsewhere; dhiyaḥ — their attention; prabho — 0 master.

TRANSLATION

But all these people, my Lord, even those who have turned their attention away from You and are worshiping other deities, are actually worshiping You alone, O embodiment of all the demigods.

PURPORT

The idea here is that even those who worship the demigods are indirectly worshiping the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu. The understanding of such worshipers, however, is imperfect.

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