B.G 9.15
jñānayajñena cāpyanye yajanto māmupāsate। ekatvena pr̥thaktvena bahudhā viśvatomukham ॥15॥
Others too, worship Me through the sacrifice of knowledge, viewing Me as the only one (present everywhere), as different (from all others), and in manifold forms as the face of the Universe.
Gīta Bhāshya 9.15
'ekatvena' - the one who alone is present everywhere. 'pṛthaktvena' - different from all others. 'bahudhā' - refers to different ways of worship as indicated in 4-25.
sarvatraika eva nārāyaṇaḥ sthita iti ekatvena। pr̥thaktvena sarvato vailakṣaṇyena।
Nārāyaṇa alone is present everywhere — this is the sense of 'ekatva'; The word 'pṛthaktvena' is the sense of different from all others.
"bahudhā hi tasya rūpaṁ ābhāti। śuklamiva lohitamiva atho nīlamatho'rjunam॥"
"His form indeed appears in many ways — like white, like red, or blue, or gray."
iti sanatsujātīye।
- stated thus in the Sanatsujātīya (section of the Mahābhārata).
daivamevāpare' ityuktaprakāreṇa bahavo vā bahudhā ॥15॥
As stated in the verse 'daivamevāpare' (4-25), the word 'bahudhā' points to different ways of worship.
Gīta Tātparya 9.15
The lord is worshipped by the wise in multiple forms.
"ekamūrtiḥ caturmūrtirathavā pañcamūrtikaḥ। dvādaśādiprabhedo vā pūjyate sajjanairhariḥ॥"
"Hari is worshipped by noble souls as one form, four forms, or five forms, or with distinctions like twelve and so on."
iti ca ॥15॥
- stated thus as well.
