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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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