Chapter 7, Verse 20
कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः। तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया।।7.20।।
kāmais tais tair hṛtajñānāḥ prapadyante'nyadevatāḥ. taṃ taṃ niyamam āsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā৷৷7.20৷৷
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- कामैः
- by desires
- तैः तैः
- by those various (respective) desires
- हृतज्ञानाः
- those whose (power of) discernment/knowledge has been carried away or robbed
- प्रपद्यन्ते
- they resort to / take refuge in / worship
- अन्यदेवताः
- other deities
- तं तं
- that particular, respective (vow)
- नियमम्
- rule, vow, or religious observance
- आस्थाय
- having adopted or resorted to
- प्रकृत्या
- by (their own) nature
- नियताः
- constrained, governed, or determined
- स्वया
- by their own
Commentary
20. Those whose wisdom has been led away by this or that desire resort to other Gods, engag- ed in this or that rite, constrained by their own nature.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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कामैः
तैः तैः
हृतज्ञानाः
प्रपद्यन्ते
अन्यदेवताः
तं तं
नियमम्
आस्थाय
प्रकृत्या
नियताः
स्वया
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