Jaskaran Singh
Divosūnupriyaḥ
Kind of; I'm saying that he's making a distinction between worshippers of viShNu and the worshippers of other deities (anyadevatAH).
This is what shrIkR^iShNa says (in verse 9.25)
यान्ति देवव्रता देवान्पितॄन्यान्ति पितृव्रताः।
भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्॥९.२५॥
yAnti devavratA devAnpitR^InyAnti pitR^ivratAH|
bhUtAni yAnti bhUtejyA yAnti madyAjino'pi mAm||9.25||
Rough Translation by Me: "Worshippers of the deva-s (devavratA) come near (yAnti) to the deva-s (devAn); worshippers of the ancestors (pitR^ivratAH) come near (yAnti) to the ancestors (pitR^In); worshippers of the bhUta-s (bhUta+ijyA) come near (yAnti) to the bhUta-s (bhUtAni); [in that way] also (api), worshippers (yAjino) of me (mad) come near (yAnti) to me (mAm)."
Here is the part that sha~Nkara says (in his bhAShyam/commentary):
यान्ति गच्छन्ति देवव्रता देवेषु व्रतं नियमो भक्तिश्च येषां ते देवव्रता देवान्यान्ति।
पितॄनग्निष्वात्तादीन्यान्ति पितृव्रताः श्राद्धादिक्रियापराः पितृभक्ताः।
भूतानि विनायकमातृगणचतुर्भगिन्यादीनि यान्ति भूतेज्या भूतानां पूजकाः।
यान्ति मद्याजिनो मद्यजनशीला वैष्णवा मामेव यान्ति।
समानेऽप्यायासे मामेव न भजन्तेऽज्ञानात्, तेन तेऽल्पफलभाजो भवन्तीत्यर्थः॥९.२५॥
yAnti gachChanti devavratA deveShu vrataM niyamo bhaktishcha yeShAM te devavratA devAnyAnti|
pitR^InagniShvAttAdInyAnti pitR^ivratAH shrAddhAdikriyAparAH pitR^ibhaktAH|
bhUtAni vinAyakamAtR^igaNachaturbhaginyAdIni yAnti bhUtejyA bhUtAnAM pUjakAH|
yAnti madyAjino madyajanashIlA vaiShNavA mAmeva yAnti|
samAne'pyAyAse mAmeva na bhajante'j~nAnAt, tena te'lpaphalabhAjo bhavantItyarthaH||9.25||
Rough Translation by Me: "The devotees of the gods (devavrata), [those people] whose religious observances and worship is directed to the gods, they go to reach (lit. come near to) the gods. The devotees of the ancestors (pitR^ivratAH) who are occupied with the shrAddha/funeral rites (and what not) and worship the ancestors, they go to the ancestors like agniShvAtta and the others (apArAH); those who perform pUjA of the ghosts such as vinAyaka and the mAtR^ika-s and the four bhaginI-s (from the vAma and bhairava tantras?) go to those bhUta-s; those who worship "me", who are inclined to worship "me," the vaiShNava-s, they come near to me alone (mAmeva yAnti). Although the effort required is the same, they do not worship me due to lack of knowledge (aj~nAnAt); therefore, they recieve the alpaphala/lesser results, this is the purpose/meaning (ityartham)."
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