Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]Even if the most sinful worship Me with undivided devotion, he must be considered righteous, for he has indeed rightly resolved.
BG 9.30
अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक् | साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः ||३०||
api cet sudurācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk | sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ samyag vyavasito hi saḥ || 30 ||
"Even if the most sinful worships Me with undivided devotion — he must be deemed righteous, for he has rightly resolved."
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William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]Even the most sinful man who worships me with exclusive worship is to be considered a righteous man, for he has engaged in the right path.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]Yea! He who sins most, setting up his heart / In holiest love to Me — such an one / Is counted for most righteous! Who hath turned / His soul to Me — that man is set aright.