yasmin harir bhagavān ijyamāna ijyātma-mūrtir yajatāṁ śaṁ tanoti kāmān amoghān sthira-jaṅgamānām antar bahir vāyur-ivaiṣa ātmā
Synonyms
yasmin—in such sacrificial ceremonies; hariḥ—the Supreme Lord; bhagavān—the Personality of Godhead; ijyamānaḥ—being worshipped; ijya-ātma—the soul of all worshipable deities; mūrtiḥ—of the forms; yajatām—those who worship; śam—welfare; tanoti—spreads; kāmān—desires; amoghān—inviolable; sthira-jaṅgamānām—of all the moving and the unmoving; antaḥ—within; bahiḥ—outside; vāyuḥ—air; iva—like; eṣaḥ—of all of them; ātmā—spirit soul.
Translation
In all sacrificial ceremonies although sometimes some demigod is worshipped still by such sacrifice the Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead is worshipped; because He is the Supersoul of every one and exists both inside and outside like the air and thus it is He only Who awards all welfare for the worshipper.
Purport
Even it is sometimes seen that demigods like Indra, Chandra etc are worshipped and offered sacrificial awards, still the rewards of all such sacrifices are awarded to the worshipper by the Supreme Lord and it is the Lord only who can offer all welfare for the worshipper. The demigods although worshipped cannot do anything without the sanction of the Lord because the Lord is the Supersoul of every one both moving and non-moving.
In the Bhagwat Geeta it is confirmed in the following sloka:-