Bhagavad Gīta Bhāshya and Tātparya
B.G 9.15
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते। एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम् ॥१५॥
jñānayajñena cāpyanye yajanto māmupāsate। ekatvena pr̥thaktvena bahudhā viśvatomukham ॥15॥
[ज्ञानयज्ञेन (jñānayajñena) - with the sacrifice of knowledge; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अन्ये (anye) - others; यजन्तः (yajantaḥ) - worshipping; माम् (mām) - Me; उपासते (upāsate) - engage in devotion; एकत्वेन (ekatvena) - with a sense of the one who alone is present everywhere; पृथक्त्वेन (pṛthaktvena) - with a sense of different from all others; बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many forms; विश्वतःमुखम् (viśvataḥmukham) - as the face of the Universe;]
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 Tātparya 9.15
The lord is worshipped by the wise in multiple forms.
"एकमूर्तिः चतुर्मूर्तिरथवा पञ्चमूर्तिकः। द्वादशादिप्रभेदो वा पूज्यते सज्जनैर्हरिः॥"
"ekamūrtiḥ caturmūrtirathavā pañcamūrtikaḥ। dvādaśādiprabhedo vā pūjyate sajjanairhariḥ॥"
[एकमूर्तिः (ekamūrtiḥ) - one form; चतुर्मूर्तिः (caturmūrtiḥ) - four forms; अथवा (athavā) - or; पञ्चमूर्तिकः (pañcamūrtikaḥ) - with five forms; द्वादशादि (dvādaśādi) - twelve etc.; प्रभेदः (prabhedaḥ) - distinctions; वा (vā) - or; पूज्यते (pūjyate) - is worshipped; सज्जनैः (sajjanaiḥ) - by noble people; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari (the Lord);]
"Hari is worshipped by noble souls as one form, four forms, or five forms, or with distinctions like twelve and so on."
इति च ॥१५॥
iti ca ॥15॥
[इति (iti) - thus; च (ca) - and / as well;]
- stated thus as well.

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बहुचित्रजगद्बहुधाकरणात् परशक्तिरनन्तगुणः परमः ।
सुखरूपममुष्य पदं परमं स्मरतस्तु भविष्यति तत्सततम् ॥
"The one who has created this variegated vast universe with varied forms has infinite power and is of infinite auspicious qualities. He certainly bestows the highest state of bliss to those who meditate on his ever happy essence." -Dwādasha stōtra 4.3

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