Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 7 · Verse 20

Jnana Vijnana Yoga 7, verse 20

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Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Vijnana Yoga 7 · Verse 20 Verified original

कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया

കാമൈസ്തൈസ്തൈര്‍ഹൃതജ്ഞാനാഃ പ്രപദ്യന്തേഽന്യദേവതാഃ തം തം നിയമമാസ്ഥായ പ്രകൃത്യാ നിയതാഃ സ്വയാ

kāmaistaistairhṛtajñānāḥ prapadyante.anyadevatāḥ taṃ taṃ niyamamāsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā

English Translation

People, deprived of their wisdom by desires for various objects and guided by their own nature, resort to other deities following the relevant methods.

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Explanation · English

Those who desire wealth? children? the (small) Siddhis? etc.? are deprived of discrimination. They devote themselves to other minor gods such as Indra? Mitra? Varuna? etc.? impelled or driven by their own nature or Samskaras acired in their previous births. They perform some kinds of rites to propitiate these lower deities. (Cf.IX.23)

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